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Andre_Torres
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12 years ago
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Executing Oracle Link without shutting down the instances

Hi everyone,

 

I know that officially there is no way to executing oracle link without shutting down the instances, what I'm asking is a working non-official method, anyone ever done this?

 

 

Reason: the DBA delivered the database to the final client without executing oracle link.

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  • RamNagalla's avatar
    RamNagalla
    12 years ago

    you can do the Manual linking... 

    check page number 36 in the netbackup oracle admin guide.

    typically the command likes 

    cd $ORACLE_HOME/lib

    ln -s /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/libobk.a64 libobk.a

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  • RamNagalla's avatar
    RamNagalla
    Moderator
    12 years ago

    you can do the Manual linking... 

    check page number 36 in the netbackup oracle admin guide.

    typically the command likes 

    cd $ORACLE_HOME/lib

    ln -s /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/libobk.a64 libobk.a

  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    12 years ago

    I realize that I am late (have been on leave).

    It was roundabout Oracle 8.1.7 that there was no longer a requirement to use 'make' to compile a new oracle binary that included the plugin. 
    As from this version, Oracle RMAN simply looks for the libobk in $ORACLE_HOME/lib.

    This is ALL that oracle_link script does - it merely creates the symbolic link in the correct place with the correct permissions. 
    We never shutdown Oracle these days. The versions that needed a 'make' are no longer supported. So, the Oracle shutdown is no longer needed.

    As per Nagalla's post, you can follow steps in the manual to manually create the symbolic link.

    Or else trust us and run oracle_link with Oracle up and running.