Solaris 10 -- Apache Setup

Hi,
We are trying to configure Apache server on a new Oracle 10G Solaris 10 servers.
We have configured the httpd.conf file as well and set a port 8001 open for web pages.
Certain pages are using the Apache's PL-SQL gateway module ( mod_plsql) . These page links are like http://hostname:8001/pls/DAD_NAME/HelloWorld
HelloWorld is my Procedure in backend database.
We have configured the dads.conf file( u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.2_as/Apache/modplsql/conf/dads.conf) to setup the Apache PLSQL gateway.
The following are the contents we added in dads.conf file,
<Location /pls/DAD_NAME>
SetHandler pls_handler
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
AllowOverride None
PlsqlDatabaseUsername ssd
PlsqlDatabasePassword xyz
PlsqlDatabaseConnectString athos_ssd2.world
PlsqlAuthenticationMode Basic
</Location>
Apache logs are showing the following,
[Mon May 18 12:15:31 2009] [error] [client 172.24.225.32] [ecid: 1242645331:172.25.242.71:14041:0:1,0] mod_plsql: /pls/DAD_NA
ME/HelloWorld HTTP-503 ORA-12154 ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified\n
/u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.2_as/Apache/Apache/logs/access_log.1242604800: Permission denied
Error we are getting on webpage
Service Temporarily Unavailable
The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.
Please suggest a way out so the helloworld procedure is called from webpage link mentioned above.

have you verified you can connect with the oracle client (on the apache server) using the tns name you configured for the apache mod?

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LoadModule userdir_module modules/mod_userdir.so
LoadModule usertrack_module modules/mod_usertrack.so
LoadModule version_module modules/mod_version.so
LoadModule vhost_alias_module modules/mod_vhost_alias.so
#LoadModule cache_module modules/mod_cache.so
#LoadModule disk_cache_module modules/mod_disk_cache.so
#LoadModule mem_cache_module modules/mod_mem_cache.so
LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so
<IfModule !mpm_winnt_module>
<IfModule !mpm_netware_module>
# If you wish httpd to run as a different user or group, you must run
# httpd as root initially and it will switch.
# User/Group: The name (or #number) of the user/group to run httpd as.
# It is usually good practice to create a dedicated user and group for
# running httpd, as with most system services.
User nobody
Group nobody
</IfModule>
</IfModule>
# 'Main' server configuration
# The directives in this section set up the values used by the 'main'
# server, which responds to any requests that aren't handled by a
# <VirtualHost> definition. These values also provide defaults for
# any <VirtualHost> containers you may define later in the file.
# All of these directives may appear inside <VirtualHost> containers,
# in which case these default settings will be overridden for the
# virtual host being defined.
# ServerAdmin: Your address, where problems with the server should be
# e-mailed. This address appears on some server-generated pages, such
# as error documents. e.g. [email protected]
ServerAdmin [email protected]
# ServerName gives the name and port that the server uses to identify itself.
# This can often be determined automatically, but we recommend you specify
# it explicitly to prevent problems during startup.
# If your host doesn't have a registered DNS name, enter its IP address here.
ServerName chxsrv:80
# DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your
# documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but
# symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations.
DocumentRoot "/home/httpd/html"
# Each directory to which Apache has access can be configured with respect
# to which services and features are allowed and/or disabled in that
# directory (and its subdirectories).
# First, we configure the "default" to be a very restrictive set of
# features.
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</Directory>
# Note that from this point forward you must specifically allow
# particular features to be enabled - so if something's not working as
# you might expect, make sure that you have specifically enabled it
# below.
# This should be changed to whatever you set DocumentRoot to.
<Directory "/home/httpd/html">
# Possible values for the Options directive are "None", "All",
# or any combination of:
# Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch ExecCGI MultiViews
# Note that "MultiViews" must be named *explicitly* --- "Options All"
# doesn't give it to you.
# The Options directive is both complicated and important. Please see
# http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#options
# for more information.
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
# AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
# It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:
# Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
AllowOverride None
# Controls who can get stuff from this server.
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
# DirectoryIndex: sets the file that Apache will serve if a directory
# is requested.
<IfModule dir_module>
<IfModule mod_php5.c>
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
</IfModule>
DirectoryIndex index.html
</IfModule>
# The following lines prevent .htaccess and .htpasswd files from being
# viewed by Web clients.
<FilesMatch "^\.ht">
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
</FilesMatch>
# ErrorLog: The location of the error log file.
# If you do not specify an ErrorLog directive within a <VirtualHost>
# container, error messages relating to that virtual host will be
# logged here. If you *do* define an error logfile for a <VirtualHost>
# container, that host's errors will be logged there and not here.
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/error_log
# LogLevel: Control the number of messages logged to the error_log.
# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
LogLevel warn
<IfModule log_config_module>
# The following directives define some format nicknames for use with
# a CustomLog directive (see below).
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common
<IfModule logio_module>
# You need to enable mod_logio.c to use %I and %O
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\" %I %O" combinedio
</IfModule>
# The location and format of the access logfile (Common Logfile Format).
# If you do not define any access logfiles within a <VirtualHost>
# container, they will be logged here. Contrariwise, if you *do*
# define per-<VirtualHost> access logfiles, transactions will be
# logged therein and *not* in this file.
#CustomLog /var/log/httpd/access_log common
# If you prefer a logfile with access, agent, and referer information
# (Combined Logfile Format) you can use the following directive.
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/access_log combined
</IfModule>
<IfModule alias_module>
# Redirect: Allows you to tell clients about documents that used to
# exist in your server's namespace, but do not anymore. The client
# will make a new request for the document at its new location.
# Example:
# Redirect permanent /foo http://www.example.com/bar
# Alias: Maps web paths into filesystem paths and is used to
# access content that does not live under the DocumentRoot.
# Example:
# Alias /webpath /full/filesystem/path
# If you include a trailing / on /webpath then the server will
# require it to be present in the URL. You will also likely
# need to provide a <Directory> section to allow access to
# the filesystem path.
#Alias /image/ "/home/httpd/images/"
# ScriptAlias: This controls which directories contain server scripts.
# ScriptAliases are essentially the same as Aliases, except that
# documents in the target directory are treated as applications and
# run by the server when requested rather than as documents sent to the
# client. The same rules about trailing "/" apply to ScriptAlias
# directives as to Alias.
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/home/httpd/cgi-bin/"
</IfModule>
<IfModule cgid_module>
# ScriptSock: On threaded servers, designate the path to the UNIX
# socket used to communicate with the CGI daemon of mod_cgid.
#Scriptsock /var/run/cgisock
</IfModule>
# "/home/httpd/cgi-bin" should be changed to whatever your ScriptAliased
# CGI directory exists, if you have that configured.
<Directory "/home/httpd/cgi-bin">
AllowOverride None
Options None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
# DefaultType: the default MIME type the server will use for a document
# if it cannot otherwise determine one, such as from filename extensions.
# If your server contains mostly text or HTML documents, "text/plain" is
# a good value. If most of your content is binary, such as applications
# or images, you may want to use "application/octet-stream" instead to
# keep browsers from trying to display binary files as though they are
# text.
DefaultType text/plain
<IfModule mime_module>
# TypesConfig points to the file containing the list of mappings from
# filename extension to MIME-type.
TypesConfig /etc/httpd/conf/mime.types
# AddType allows you to add to or override the MIME configuration
# file specified in TypesConfig for specific file types.
#AddType application/x-gzip .tgz
# AddEncoding allows you to have certain browsers uncompress
# information on the fly. Note: Not all browsers support this.
#AddEncoding x-compress .Z
#AddEncoding x-gzip .gz .tgz
# If the AddEncoding directives above are commented-out, then you
# probably should define those extensions to indicate media types:
AddType application/x-compress .Z
AddType application/x-gzip .gz .tgz
# AddHandler allows you to map certain file extensions to "handlers":
# actions unrelated to filetype. These can be either built into the server
# or added with the Action directive (see below)
# To use CGI scripts outside of ScriptAliased directories:
# (You will also need to add "ExecCGI" to the "Options" directive.)
#AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
# For files that include their own HTTP headers:
#AddHandler send-as-is asis
# For server-parsed imagemap files:
#AddHandler imap-file map
# For type maps (negotiated resources):
#AddHandler type-map var
# Filters allow you to process content before it is sent to the client.
# To parse .shtml files for server-side includes (SSI):
# (You will also need to add "Includes" to the "Options" directive.)
#AddType text/html .shtml
#AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml
</IfModule>
# The mod_mime_magic module allows the server to use various hints from the
# contents of the file itself to determine its type. The MIMEMagicFile
# directive tells the module where the hint definitions are located.
#MIMEMagicFile /etc/httpd/conf/magic
# Customizable error responses come in three flavors:
# 1) plain text 2) local redirects 3) external redirects
# Some examples:
#ErrorDocument 500 "The server made a boo boo."
#ErrorDocument 404 /missing.html
#ErrorDocument 404 "/cgi-bin/missing_handler.pl"
#ErrorDocument 402 http://www.example.com/subscription_info.html
# EnableMMAP and EnableSendfile: On systems that support it,
# memory-mapping or the sendfile syscall is used to deliver
# files. This usually improves server performance, but must
# be turned off when serving from networked-mounted
# filesystems or if support for these functions is otherwise
# broken on your system.
#EnableMMAP off
#EnableSendfile off
# Supplemental configuration
# The configuration files in the /etc/httpd/conf/extra/ directory can be
# included to add extra features or to modify the default configuration of
# the server, or you may simply copy their contents here and change as
# necessary.
# Server-pool management (MPM specific)
#Include /etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-mpm.conf
# Multi-language error messages
Include /etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-multilang-errordoc.conf
# Fancy directory listings
Include /etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-autoindex.conf
# Language settings
Include /etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-languages.conf
# User home directories
Include /etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-userdir.conf
# Real-time info on requests and configuration
#Include /etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-info.conf
# Virtual hosts
#Include /etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
# Local access to the Apache HTTP Server Manual
#Include /etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-manual.conf
# Distributed authoring and versioning (WebDAV)
#Include /etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-dav.conf
# Various default settings
Include /etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-default.conf
# Secure (SSL/TLS) connections
#Include /etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf
# Note: The following must must be present to support
# starting without SSL on platforms with no /dev/random equivalent
# but a statically compiled-in mod_ssl.
<IfModule ssl_module>
SSLRandomSeed startup builtin
SSLRandomSeed connect builtin
</IfModule>
Like I said, I can connect to this from other machines on my network via IP, but not hostnames. Any thoughts?

I know this post is a couple months old but for future reference:
The problem is with /etc/hosts.allow
You need to add
httpd: ALL
Once you all that youll have external access to your apache setup.

I can't start apache since upgrading to Mountain Lion

Why Apple remove the web sharing feature I'll never understand. I have tried everything I've found on the web to get apache started but nothing seems to work. Apache started for a brief period of time but now it won't start at all. sudo apachectl start/tsop/restart all seem to work with no errors but when I go to localhost I get the "Safari can't find the server" error page. I've rebuilt my user.conf file, I've tries forcing org.apache.plist to start (took me a while bu tI think I've finally undone this bad idea). I've even tried OSX Server but even that was causing problems and to recreate my multisite setup I was using under apache in Lion would be like using an atomic bomb to take care of an ant hill in my back yard. I'm no apache server admin so while I can read the aache logs in console I'm not entirely sure what I should be looking for to see if an error is occuring. A cursory glance seems to show nothing more then the obvious things like "File does not exist". Thanks, of course you don't think the file exists beacuse the server isn't running. Any suggestions on how I could nuke apache and return it to its default state in either Lion or Mountain Lion?

I see what you mean now that I look. I also installed Server.app and myWeb Sharing option is gone from the Sharing prefpanel. I wonder if it still appears for those who never installed Server.app?
The previous Apache setup is still there in the old location at /private/etc/apache2/ and serves files from /Library/WebServer/Documents/ The problem is that Server.app overrides the launching system for the old setup. You may need to go to the file at /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.serverd.plist and rename it by appending an "X" to the end which will prevent it from launching. When you reboot you won't be able to log into the Server.app. You should then be able to run launchctl and start Apach from the file at /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist . If that file is missing report back here and we'll figure out what's wrong.

HOWTO: Create 2-node Solaris Cluster 4.1/Solaris 11.1(x64) using VirtualBox

I did this on VirtualBox 4.1 on Windows 7 and VirtualBox 4.2 on Linux.X64. Basic pre-requisites are : 40GB disk space, 8GB RAM, 64-bit guest capable VirtualBox.
Please read all the descriptive messages/prompts shown by 'scinstall' and 'clsetup' before answering.
0) Download from OTN
- Solaris 11.1 Live Media for x86(~966 MB)
- Complete Solaris 11.1 IPS Repository Image (total 7GB)
- Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.1 IPS Repository image (~73MB)
1) Run VirtualBox Console, create VM1 : 3GB RAM, 30GB HDD
2) The new VM1 has 1 NIC, add 2 more NICs (total 3). Setting the NIC to any type should be okay, 'VirtualBox Host Only Adapter' worked fine for me.
3) Start VM1, point the "Select start-up disk" to the Solaris 11.1 Live Media ISO.
4) Select "Oracle Solaris 11.1" in the GRUB menu. Select Keyboard layout and Language.
VM1 will boot and the Solaris 11.1 Live Desktop screen will appear.
5) Click <Install Oracle Solaris> from the desktop, supply necessary inputs.
Default Disk Discovery (iSCSI not needed) and Disk Selection are fine.
Disable the "Support Registration" connection info
6) The alternate user created during the install has root privileges (sudo). Set appropriate VM1 name
7) When the VM has to be rebooted after the installation is complete, make sure the Solaris 11.1 Live ISO is ejected or else the VM will again boot from the Live CD.
8) Repeat steps 1-6, create VM2 and install Solaris.
9) FTP(secure) the Solaris 11.1 Repository IPS and Solaris Cluster 4.1 IPS onto both the VMs e.g under /home/user1/
10) We need to setup both the packages: Solaris 11.1 Repository and Solaris Cluster 4.1
11) All commands now to be run as root
12) By default the 'solaris' repository is of type online (pkg.oracle.com), that needs to be updated to the local ISO we downloaded :-
+$ sudo sh+
+# lofiadm -a /home/user1/sol-11_1-repo-full.iso+
+//output : /dev/lofi/N+
+# mount -F hsfs /dev/lofi/N /mnt+
+# pkg set-publisher -G '*' -M '*' -g /mnt/repo solaris+
13) Setup the ha-cluster package :-
+# lofiadm -a /home/user1/osc-4_1-ga-repo-full.iso+
+//output : /dev/lofi/N+
+# mkdir /mnt2+
+# mount -f hsfs /dev/lofi/N /mnt2+
+# pkg set-publisher -g file:///mnt2/repo ha-cluster+
14) Verify both packages are fine :-
+# pkg publisher+
PUBLISHER                   TYPE     STATUS P LOCATION
solaris                     origin   online F file:///mnt/repo/
ha-cluster                  origin   online F file:///mnt2/repo/
15) Install the complete SC4.1 package by installing 'ha-cluster-full'
+# pkg install ha-cluster-full+
14) Repeat steps 12-15 on VM2.
15) Now both VMs have the OS and SC4.1 installed.
16) By default the 3 NICs are in the "Automatic" profile and have DHCP configured. We need to activate the Fixed profile and put the 3 NICs into it. Only 1 interface, the public interface, needs to be
configured. The other 2 are for the cluster interconnect and will be automatically configured by scinstall. Execute the following commands :-
+# netadm enable -p ncp defaultfixed+
+//verify+
+# netadm list -p ncp defaultfixed+
+#Configure the public-interface+
+#Verify none of the interfaces are listed, add all the 3+
+# ipadm show-if+
+# run dladm show-phys or dladm show-link to check interface names : must be net0/net1/net2+
+# ipadm create-ip net0+
+# ipadm create-ip net1+
+# ipadm create-ip net2+
+# ipadm show-if+
+//select proper IP and configure the public interface. I have used 192.168.56.171 & 172+
+# ipadm create-addr -T static -a 192.168.56.171/24 net0/publicip+
+#IP plumbed, restart+
+# ipadm down-addr -t net0/publicip+
+# ipadm up-addr -t net0/publicip+
+//Verify publicip is fine by pinging the host+
+# ping 192.168.56.1+
+//Verify, net0 should be up, net1/net2 should be down+
+# ipadm+
17) Repeat step 16 on VM2
18) Verify both VMs can ping each other using the public IP. Add entries to each other's /etc/hosts
Now we are ready to run scinstall and create/configure the 2-node cluster
19)
+# cd /usr/cluster/bin+
+# ./scinstall+
select 1) Create a new cluster ...
select 1) Create a new cluster
select 2) Custom in "Typical or Custom Mode"
Enter cluster name : mycluster1 (e.g)
Add the 2 nodes : solvm1 & solvm2 and press <ctrl-d>
Accept default "No" for <Do you need to use DES authentication>"
Accept default "Yes" for <Should this cluster use at least two private networks>
Enter "No" for <Does this two-node cluster use switches>
Select "1)net1" for "Select the first cluster transport adapter"
If there is warning of unexpected traffic on "net"1, ignore it
Enter "net1" when it asks corresponding adapter on "solvm2"
Select "2)net2" for "Select the second cluster transport adapter"
Enter "net2" when it asks corresponding adapter on "solvm2"
Select "Yes" for "Is it okay to accept the default network address"
Select "Yes" for "Is it okay to accept the default network netmask"Now the IP addresses 172.16.0.0 will be plumbed in the 2 private interfaces
Select "yes" for "Do you want to turn off global fencing"
(These are SATA serial disks, so no fencing)
Enter "Yes" for "Do you want to disable automatic quorum device selection"
(we will add quorum disks later)
Enter "Yes" for "Proceed with cluster creation"
Select "No" for "Interrupt cluster creation for cluster check errors"
The second node will be configured and 2nd node rebooted
The first node will be configured and rebootedAfter both nodes have rebooted, verify the cluster has been created and both nodes joined.
On both nodes :-
+# cd /usr/cluster/bin+
+# ./clnode status+
+//should show both nodes Online.+
At this point there are no quorum disks, so 1 of the node's will be designated quorum vote. That node VM has to be up for the other node to come up and cluster to be formed.
To check the current quorum status, run :-
+# ./clquorum show+
+//one of the nodes will have 1 vote and other 0(zero).+
20)
Now the cluster is in 'Installation Mode' and we need to add a quorum disk.
Shutdown both the nodes as we will be adding shared disks to both of them
21)
Create 2 VirtualBox HDDs (VDI Files) on the host, 1 for quorum and 1 for shared filesystem. I have used a size of 1 GB for each :-
*$ vboxmanage createhd --filename /scratch/myimages/sc41cluster/sdisk1.vdi --size 1024 --format VDI --variant Fixed*
*0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%*
*Disk image created. UUID: 899147b9-d21f-4495-ad55-f9cf1ae46cc3*
*$ vboxmanage createhd --filename /scratch/myimages/sc41cluster/sdisk2.vdi --size 1024 --format VDI --variant Fixed*
*0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%*
*Disk image created. UUID: 899147b9-d22f-4495-ad55-f9cf15346caf*
22)
Attach these disks to both the VMs as shared type
*$ vboxmanage storageattach solvm1 --storagectl "SATA" --port 1 --device 0 --type hdd --medium /scratch/myimages/sc41cluster/sdisk1.vdi --mtype shareable*
*$ vboxmanage storageattach solvm1 --storagectl "SATA" --port 2 --device 0 --type hdd --medium /scratch/myimages/sc41cluster/sdisk2.vdi --mtype shareable*
*$ vboxmanage storageattach solvm2 --storagectl "SATA" --port 1 --device 0 --type hdd --medium /scratch/myimages/sc41cluster/sdisk1.vdi --mtype shareable*
*$ vboxmanage storageattach solvm2 --storagectl "SATA" --port 2 --device 0 --type hdd --medium /scratch/myimages/sc41cluster/sdisk2.vdi --mtype shareable*
The disks are attached to SATA ports 1 & 2 of each VM. On my VirtualBox on Linux, the controller type is "SATA", whereas on Windows it is "SATA Controller".
The "--mtype shareable' parameter is important
23)
Mark both disks as shared :-
*$ vboxmanage modifyhd /scratch/myimages/sc41cluster/sdisk1.vdi --type shareable*
*$ vboxmanage modifyhd /scratch/myimages/sc41cluster/sdisk2.vdi --type shareable*
24) Start both VMs. We need to format the 2 shared disks
25) From VM1, run format. In my case, the 2 new shared disks show up as 'c7t1d0' and 'c7t2d0'.
+# format+
select disk 1 (c7t1d0)
[disk formated]
FORMAT MENU
fdisk
Type 'y' to accept default partition
partition
0
<enter>
<enter>
1
995mb
print
label
<yes>
quit
quit26) Repeat step 25) for the 2nd disk (c7t2d0)
27) Make sure the shared disks can be used for quorum :-
On VM1
+# ./cldevice refresh+
+# ./cldevice show+
On VM2
+# ./cldevice refresh+
+# ./cldevice show+
The shared disks should have the same DID (d2,d3,d4 etc). Note down the DID that you are going to use for quorum (e.g d2)
By default, global fencing is enabled for these disks. We need to turn it off for all disks as these are SATA disks :-
+# cldevice set -p default_fencing=nofencing-noscrub d1+
+# cldevice set -p default_fencing=nofencing-noscrub d2+
+# cldevice set -p default_fencing=nofencing-noscrub d3+
+# cldevice set -p default_fencing=nofencing-noscrub d4+
28) It is better to do one more reboot of both VMs, otherwise I got a error when adding the quorum disk
29) Run clsetup to add quorum disk and to complete cluster configuration :-
+# ./clsetup+
=== Initial Cluster Setup ===
Enter 'Yes' for "Do you want to continue"
Enter 'Yes' for "Do you want add any quorum devices"
Select '1) Directly Attached Shared Disk' for the type of device
Enter 'Yes' for "Is it okay to continue"
Enter 'd2' (or 'd3') for 'Which global device do you want to use'
Enter 'Yes' for "Is it okay to proceed with the update"
The command 'clquorum add d2' is run
Enter 'No' for "Do you want to add another quorum device"
Enter 'Yes' for "Is it okay to reset "installmode"?"Cluster initialization is complete.!!!
30) Run 'clquorum status' to confirm both nodes and the quorum disk have 1 vote each
31) Run other cluster commands to explore!
I will cover Data services and shared file system in another post. Basically the other shared disk
can be used to create a UFS filesystem and mount it on all nodes.

The Solaris Cluster 4.1 Installation and Concepts Guide are available at :-
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E29086_01/index.html
Thanks.

Solaris 7 to 8 Upgrade with Oracle 8.1.5 (opinions and issues to note)

Hi all,
Think the subject says it all..
I have a Solaris 7 server running on Sparc E250 with Oracle8.1.5 on it. It shows that it s a 64bit system when booting up and it uses normal Solaris filesystem setup (no RAID on it) .
If I were to upgrade it to Solaris 8, what are the issues I need to take note.
Thanks.
Ld

This could be a big headache....but if there is a need to upgrade your OS from 7 to 8
then you should be ready for a good backup plan....meaning, if something goes wrong at any
point in the process, you could easily revert back to your old system environment.
If I were the one to do this, I will do the following.
1) I will make use of mirroring. It will be good if you could do it for the entire filesystem
of your OS and your DB.
2) Once I have a mirror, I will simply detach the other mirror and do my upgrade.
Anything goes wrong, I will simply make use of the other mirror to have my old system back.
When you upgrade your OS from 7 to 8, I had seen lots of problem where it could not complete the
process. And the reason is the size of the Filesystem for Solaris 8 specially the root requires
a big size as to any previous version. i usually just install from scratch. But the problem is if
your filesystem for the OS and Applications like your DB are crossing each other then you may have
to rebuilt your Applications too. Unless you had partition them such that they are totally separated.
When you had succesfully installed your Solaris 8, then your next headache is to make sure
all your applicatiions including your DB will be running fine with the new OS. Usually they
would not as they may need to be patched. So that means you have to check the Oracle websites
as for what are the patches needed to make your Oracle runs properlly in the new OS.
Most important is your backup plan, which is your mirrored-disk of your running environment.
Also you have to make a Plan of everything. Doing this will really take a lot of time.
Good luck. I have done this before.....I'm pretty sure you could do it.
just remember , your back-up plan should always be available anytime.

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