Oracle, Samba, and Win2k

[Bubba Unix Dude]

Ok. I searched google groups and the web the best I could and did not locate
the answer:

User mapped a network drive to their Win2k workstation from the samba share
that is being shared out by a Solaris server. He called the drive the N:
drive. He then installed oracle 9i client for Windows on his Win2K
workstation using the N: drive as the destination which really points to the
Solaris server.

Can he reasonably expect to successfully run the oracle 9i client on his
Win2k workstation having installed it on his N: drive? If so or not so, some
detail would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Scott

[Harvey]

Bubba Unix Dude wrote: Ok. I searched google groups and the web the best I could and did not locate the answer: User mapped a network drive to their Win2k workstation from the samba share that is being shared out by a Solaris server. He called the drive the N: drive. He then installed oracle 9i client for Windows on his Win2K workstation using the N: drive as the destination which really points to the Solaris server. Can he reasonably expect to successfully run the oracle 9i client on his Win2k workstation having installed it on his N: drive? If so or not so, some detail would be appreciated. Thanks, Scott

As long as the drive remains mapped, yes. That's not an unusual
configuration at all. What may be experienced on occasion are slight
delays while the programs are loaded across the network, but it's not a
show stopper. You can also take the registry entries from that machine,
export them, merge them on other machines mapped the same, add the path
statements on the other machines, and then use the same install for
multiple clients.

Harv

[Sybrand Bakker]

On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 12:41:46 GMT, Harvey
<harveyb@NoSpambeliveau.ccHere> wrote:
Bubba Unix Dude wrote: Ok. I searched google groups and the web the best I could and did not locate the answer: User mapped a network drive to their Win2k workstation from the samba share that is being shared out by a Solaris server. He called the drive the N: drive. He then installed oracle 9i client for Windows on his Win2K workstation using the N: drive as the destination which really points to the Solaris server. Can he reasonably expect to successfully run the oracle 9i client on his Win2k workstation having installed it on his N: drive? If so or not so, some detail would be appreciated. Thanks, ScottAs long as the drive remains mapped, yes. That's not an unusualconfiguration at all. What may be experienced on occasion are slightdelays while the programs are loaded across the network, but it's not ashow stopper. You can also take the registry entries from that machine,export them, merge them on other machines mapped the same, add the pathstatements on the other machines, and then use the same install formultiple clients.Harv

It is probably unimportant to you Oracle won't support this config.


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[Alex Filonov]

Sybrand Bakker <sybrandb@hccnet.nl> wrote in message news:<u3fjj09n73am3qqavkpe6toofs0053s4bs@4ax.com>... On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 12:41:46 GMT, Harvey <harveyb@NoSpambeliveau.ccHere> wrote:Bubba Unix Dude wrote: Ok. I searched google groups and the web the best I could and did not locate the answer: User mapped a network drive to their Win2k workstation from the samba share that is being shared out by a Solaris server. He called the drive the N: drive. He then installed oracle 9i client for Windows on his Win2K workstation using the N: drive as the destination which really points to the Solaris server. Can he reasonably expect to successfully run the oracle 9i client on his Win2k workstation having installed it on his N: drive? If so or not so, some detail would be appreciated. Thanks, ScottAs long as the drive remains mapped, yes. That's not an unusualconfiguration at all. What may be experienced on occasion are slightdelays while the programs are loaded across the network, but it's not ashow stopper. You can also take the registry entries from that machine,export them, merge them on other machines mapped the same, add the pathstatements on the other machines, and then use the same install formultiple clients.Harv It is probably unimportant to you Oracle won't support this config.

Are you sure? I worked for couple of companies with Oracle client mass-
installed on network drives (Win95, WinNT, Win2000) and it looked like
Oracle supported this configuration. Any references?

[Joel Garry]

afilonov@yahoo.com (Alex Filonov) wrote in message news:<336da121.0409070751.37d31620@posting.google.com>... Sybrand Bakker <sybrandb@hccnet.nl> wrote in message news:<u3fjj09n73am3qqavkpe6toofs0053s4bs@4ax.com>... On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 12:41:46 GMT, Harvey <harveyb@NoSpambeliveau.ccHere> wrote:Bubba Unix Dude wrote:>> Ok. I searched google groups and the web the best I could and did not locate> the answer:>> User mapped a network drive to their Win2k workstation from the samba share> that is being shared out by a Solaris server. He called the drive the N:> drive. He then installed oracle 9i client for Windows on his Win2K> workstation using the N: drive as the destination which really points to the> Solaris server.>> Can he reasonably expect to successfully run the oracle 9i client on his> Win2k workstation having installed it on his N: drive? If so or not so, some> detail would be appreciated.>> Thanks,>> ScottAs long as the drive remains mapped, yes. That's not an unusualconfiguration at all. What may be experienced on occasion are slightdelays while the programs are loaded across the network, but it's not ashow stopper. You can also take the registry entries from that machine,export them, merge them on other machines mapped the same, add the pathstatements on the other machines, and then use the same install formultiple clients.Harv It is probably unimportant to you Oracle won't support this config. Are you sure? I worked for couple of companies with Oracle client mass- installed on network drives (Win95, WinNT, Win2000) and it looked like Oracle supported this configuration. Any references?

A quick search on metalink shows some support, and some things not
supported (ie Repository Object Navigator).

The companies where I have seen it have a divergent view of "Supported
by Oracle the Product" and "Oracle Support." And more generally,
often a really bad idea of what and how to test.

jg
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