Virus scanning an Oracle datafile will bring your server to its knees,
probably for hours. In addition, there is a danger that the virus
scanner will find a pattern it thinks it recognizes in a data file, and
"quarantine" that file, stopping your database in its tracks!
My advice is to run your database on a machine that only runs the
database, has no direct connection to the Internet, and no interactive
users in normal operation. If no-one is installing software or reading
email on it, there is minimal chance of a virus ever getting to it.
HTH,
g
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Our NT Server admins have been told by the Security department that they
need to install virus protection software on the NT / Oracle servers.
Does
anyone know of any problems between Oracle and any virus software?
Ron Smith
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