Is Oracle still actively creating AMIs for Oracle Linux?

Hi All,
I was wondering if any of you knows if Oracle is still actively creating new Oracle Linux AMIs for Amazon EC2? I can see the most recent one is Oracle Linux 6.1 while we are already at 6.3.
Now that Oracle has announced they are in the IaaS and PaaS business as well, do they stop supplying Amazon AMIs?
Bart.

I would never deploy the first point release of a major release into production. In my experience, Oracle rolls out 2 "releases" of each major version. The SECOND release tends to be production-ready for shops with serious HA requirements. Usually, this Second release also contains sneak previews of the important features of the next major Version--but these should be considered version 1.0 features and not relied upon. The FIRST release of a major version will contain those important features in a strong form suitable for the vast majority of shops--but it will still have lots of bugs. If you have to bounce your instance even once a month to work around a bug, you aren't getting close to HA.
My advice--the most stable version will always be the terminal release of the last version--currently 9.2.0.6. Similarly, the last point release of R1 will be quite stable. Realistically, 98% of the customer base can live with occasional downtime and bug problems, and will enjoy the new features of the latest software. Even for them, I'd wait for the second point release or higher for production. QA and DEV are different stories--jump on the latest wave and write code using the newest features. But wait for the second point release before going into production. Typically it will be out in a few months and will fix the glaring bugs.

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Symptom
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Other terms
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I am trying to install Oracle EBS 12.1.1 on Oracle Linux 5.7 64 bit platform.
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112.2.2.10 ebsapp01.local.com ebsapp01
112.2.2.11 ebsapp02.local.com ebsapp02
112.2.2.20 ebsdb01.local.com ebsdb01
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RDA is a diagnostic script for looking at requirements and settings from MOS.
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Test Results
~~~~~~~~~~~~
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A00242 RPM OL6/64 OK? SKIPPED Not Oracle Linux 6 64-bit
A00250 RPM RH3/32 OK? SKIPPED Not Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 32-bit
A00270 RPM RH4/32 OK? SKIPPED Not Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 32-bit
A00280 RPM RH4/64 OK? SKIPPED Not Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit
A00290 RPM RH5/32 OK? SKIPPED Not Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 32-bit
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A00440 SysNetw File PASSED SysNetOK
A00450 NoNetwProf File PASSED OK
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Server: 122.2.2.2
Address: 122.2.2.22#5
** server can't find .in-addr.arpa.: NXDOMAINThis is a network issue, please check with your network admins/team.
3)
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Thanks,
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Books or document for learning linux (oracle)

Hi,
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Thanks
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You don't say what your background is, so I'm guessing you are Microsoft Windows literate. You can use the GUI to do some administration acts such as re-arranging folders and searching for files. With the Linux desktop, you will probably feel quite at home after a very short while.
There is a totally ginormous amount of Linux on the Internet, but be careful: a lot of it is stale. (Read that as was-once-right-but-now-is-wrong.) This is a pretty good place to start browsing:
http://www.linux.com/learn/new-user-guides
Go down to the bookstore and get "Linux for Dummies".
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http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/linux/hplinuxcert.html will show you which HP systems are HP supported or tested with RHEL and Oracle Linux.
Note also http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/linux/supportmatrix/rhel/exceptions/rhel-exceptions.html which shows minimum supported Updates required. And http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/linux/options-matrix-all.html regarding support for installed options.
Regarding ML110 G7, the minimum required is RHEL 5.6 and RHEL 6.0. Which version of Oracle Linux have you been trying to install?

Oracle Linux 6 and Oracle DB for ERP System

All,
I have a few questions about using Oracle Linux 6 and the Oracle Database for our ERP Server. We are using a System that run off of Appache httpd and Tomcat and connects to an Oracle Database. We currently are running as a hardware installed server, with Oracle Linux 5 and 10gR2. We are looking to migrate to a Virtual environment as we run VMWare for all our other Servers and services. I have started the install of a development/test system. I wanted to install Oracle Enterprise Linux 6 x86_64 along with either 10gR2 or 11gR2. I noticed that 10gR2 was not certified on OEL6 hence why the thought of moving to 11gR2. The one issue I have is the ERP system is not a x86_64 system is there any way of running 32 bit apps on a 64bit OEL install? I would need to compile a few small 32bit C code programs so would need 32bit libs to compile against. Any support would be greatly appreciated. I know that OEL has an i386 install but I also know that the x86_64 has more support for Oracle DB.
P.S.
Our ERP System is programmed via a small company that does not certify anything. They have taken the approach if it works it works (not happy with this but it is what it is). So the main issue is I need to get Appache Httpd, Tomcat running along with ability to compile a few small 32bit apps.
Edited by: Rever75 on May 7, 2012 1:45 PM

x86-64 is an extension of the x86 32-bit CISC instruction set. The 64-bit extension provides support for long mode to address larger virtual and physical address spaces.
You can generally run 32-bit applications on a x86_64 bit CPU and a x86_64 kernel, provided you have the appropriate i386 libraries installed. When you install Oracle 11gR2 11.2.0.1 for x86_64, appropriate i386 libraries are a prerequisite.
Since x86 on a x86_64 CPU is still hardware, there will be no performance penalty to run 32-bit application. Btw, you cannot run 64-bit applications using a i386 kernel. The only exception I know is Mac OS X.

Is Oracle still actively creating AMIs for Oracle Linux?

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