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Conference eps::oracle

Title:Oracle
Notice:For product status see topics: UNIX 1008, OpenVMS 1009, NT 1010
Moderator:EPS::VANDENHEUVEL
Created:Fri Aug 10 1990
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1574
Total number of notes:4428

1510.0. "Change disk name on OpenVMS. Does it affect the database?" by MXOC00::NOGUERON () Thu Feb 06 1997 22:18

Hi,

I need to reconfigure a system at a customer site. This will represent that a 
disk which is currently DKI100 becomes DKF100. This disk contains an Oracle
database.

I am not quite good in Oracle, but I understand that there is a configuration
file where you can change the name of the disk in which the database resides.
The customer knows pretty well how to do this.

My concern is that the local Oracle guys in Mexico City told the customer that
this change cannot be done because the database will be lost. Another option
I suggested was to use a logical name defined with options /executive and
/translation=concealed, but the Oracle people claims that Oracle uses the 
physical device name, so the logical would not work.

Like I said, I don't know so much about Oracle, but from what I know from
OpenVMS, I believe that there should be a way to perform this change without
having to recreate the database from scratch.

Can somebody provide any alternatives and/or explanations?


Thanks,

David
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1510.1Software versionsMXOC00::NOGUERONThu Feb 06 1997 22:196
Sorry,

We are using OpenVMS 6.2-1H3 and Oracle 7.1.5.2.3 on an Alphaserver 8400.


David
1510.2Logical Names are OKMUNICH::KONOPIKIt's all magic ...Fri Feb 07 1997 08:426
    To use a concealed logical name as you described in 0. should be OK.
    However be sure there will not be new disk with the old (DKI100)
    name. Alternatively you can rename the file names within Oracle
    using the 'ALTER DATABASE ... RENAME ...' command.
    
    -Georg
1510.3Make sure that your tablespaces are defined correctly alsoKYOSS1::POLAKOWSKIOne of Us is Over 40Wed Feb 19 1997 18:3813

	This is a little late, but I've been on vacation and away
	from notes since the 7th. You can change the device
	specification provided that you have defined the devices
	where the data base and tablespaces reside as concealed
	and terminal in the logical names. You can change this
	after the fact by issuing the appropriate alter tablespace

	and alter database commands.

	Ken