Last I checked metalink/certify, Oracle 8i is Desupported (on all versions of Linux and was never certified for SLES9). Works on SLES9 is a good news but not supported for production. Oracle wants you to move to latest version, so does SUSE ;-)

>>> On 2/12/2007 at 9:51 AM, "Alexei_Roudnev" <Alexei_Roudnev@(protected)>
wrote:
> Yes, but how did you installed it? Installed on SLES8 and tar-copied, or
> just skipped 'linking phase'?
>
> I can confirm, that 8.1.7.4 client works on SLES9 SP3 (even on SLES9 SP3
> x86_64), but it must be copied as a tar archive, and not installed from the
> scratch. I think, that server dont make much difference.
>
> PS. One more reason to stay @ SLES9 and not go to SLES10.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Yoav Givon" <YGivon@(protected)>
> To: "Alexei_Roudnev" <Alexei_Roudnev@(protected)
> (FAW)" <Marco.Schwarz@(protected)>
> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 2:44 AM
> Subject: RE: [suse-oracle] Oracle 8i on SLES9 ?
>
>
> Oracle 8.1.7.4.1 works without any problem on sles9 SP3.
>
> Yoav
>
> Yoav Givon
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Alexei_Roudnev [mailto:Alexei_Roudnev@(protected)]
> Sent: Mon 2/12/2007 11:27 AM
> To: Schwarz, Marco (FAW); suse-oracle@(protected)
> Subject: Re: [suse-oracle] Oracle 8i on SLES9 ?
>
>
>
> You can try to take SLES8 Sp3, install Oracle 8 (documentation is on
> www.suse.com/oracle) and
> copy oracle base to the SLES9.
>
> It works for Oracle 8 client (we use such client in production with
> success), and it can work for Oracle database server itself.
>
> I managed to instal Oracle8 on SLES9 SP1 some time ago, but it was tricky
> and we did not relinked some components, so
> it may be much simpler just to clone Oracle8 from SLES8.
>
> Of course, such configuration is not supported by Oracle. Files are missing
> because they was not relinked (you cant relink Oracle8 on SLES9, even using
> compatibility rpm's).
>
>
> Another choice - you can find original version of your missing files (before
> relinking )with the O (or 0) suffix in $ORACLE_HOME/bin,
> just rename it and try. Don't use AsyncIO and DirectIO (set up few writers
> instead of async io).
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Schwarz, Marco (FAW)" <Marco.Schwarz@(protected)>
> To: <suse-oracle@(protected)>
> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 1:13 AM
> Subject: [suse-oracle] Oracle 8i on SLES9 ?
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am about to set up some new servers, and found out that their hardware
> isnt supported by SLES8.
>
> I need to install Oracle 8.1.7.4 on these machines (can't upgrade to 9i or
> 10g, our apps arent ready for that yet) and thought about using SLES9.
>
> I did an install on one new servers, and noticed that some binaries were
> missing after the installation (glibc-stubs patch was used). Some files like
> lsnrctl were missing, but I found files with the ending O (lsnrctlO for
> example) and copied them to get thing running (e.g. cp lsnrctlO lsnrctl).
>
> I've been doing a DB import and some quick tests now, everything seems to be
> running so far ...
>
> So now I've been wondering if anyone else has tried to do this (8i with
> SLES9) and how it has been done ...
>
> I have been thinking about an installation of 8i on SLES8, then tar-ing the
> whole stuff and copying it to the new SLES9 box ... would this be working ?
>
> Any thoughts on this matter are highly appreciated. I need to replace one of
> the old servers this week, and I don't like ugly surprises while installing
> it at the clients site ;-)
>
> Best regards,
> Marco Schwarz
>
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