Carmen, Basically it will not effect you directly. The listner,tnsnames, other files use a name that is in the host file. As long as the ip address doesn't change then they don't care what you call it. It can be a trouble shooting nightmare if you don't bring the files up to date but that is the only effect I can see. The tnsnames alias can be bigbox-tcp pointing to the ORCL sid on the sun12345 server. The host file has sun12345 as 123.123.123.123. The server 123.123.123.123 can be called anything as long as the ORCL sid resides on it. Ron
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/03/03 11:24AM >>> My boss has decided to change the name of the Sun OS 2.8 host of my Oracle 8i databases. Question: how does this name change affect my Oracle software installation and my databases? Has this happened to any of you? Thanks, Carmen Rusu -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Ron Rogers INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).