>I see a problem keeping the dump directories on the shared drives. For some reason > the drive is not available on either of thenodes, some thing happened, then you > can not even know what happened to Oracle, I mean your alertlog will also be on > the shared drive and so it is not avalable.
How is this different from completely losing a drive in a non-clustered system? It's a similar situation. If you can't mount the shared drive from any/either of the nodes, you have a bigger problem than being unable to determine what the problem with Oracle is. In such a situation the problem might just be that neither node works. Jared "Deen Dayal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/31/02 12:25 PM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject: RE: Oracle Dump location on Microsoft Cluster Tom & chris thanks for the reply. I see a problem keeping the dump directories on the shared drives. For some reason the drive is not available on either of the nodes, some thing happened, then you can not even know what happened to Oracle, I mean your alertlog will also be on the shared drive and so it is not avalable. I am just wondering, has any body faced a situation like this? Does oracle has any recommendation of location of Bdump/cdump/udump?? I could not find it any where. thanks Deen -----Original Message----- Thomas F Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 10:56 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Deen, I am keeping all of the Oracle files (including dump directories) on shared disks. These disks then fail over when MCS/OFS fail to the other box. Makes in cleaner, in my view, that the *total* Oracle database fails over as one unit. I have the Oracle software installed on local disks (drive c) on each machine. Of course, this means that I have two copies of the init.ora, Listener.ora, and Tns/Sqlnet.ora files, but since these change so infrequently (my NT system is dedicated to one Oracle application) this is not a big deal for me. Hope this helps, fellow DOL person! Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 10:11 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi, I just wondering what is the best practice for Dump file, parameter file location on a Microsoft Cluster with OFS. I saw some people keeping them on shared disks, some people keeping them on Local disks. Are there any Advantages and disadvantages with either of the approaches. Thanks deen -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Deen Dayal INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Mercadante, Thomas F INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Deen Dayal INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).