Many thanks Chris for your input,
Actually I wish to set up two lab environments
one with 8i OPS and the second with 9i RAC. This is
the requirements of my supervisor in order to decide
which configuration is better for high availability
and performance for Oracle Apps.

Thank you again,

Kader

--- "Marquez, Chris" <[Email Address Removed] wrote:
> Kader,
>
> 1.) RAC is an "option" of Oracle 9i. Unless you are
> running OPS now or you
> have plan to run 2 instances of you database in
> parallel then you do NOT
> need the RAC option. RAC is NOT directly related to
> Oracle Apps or all
> Oracle EE installations.
>
> 2.) I have *heard* that with Oracle Applications
> that it is best to take the
> default database/Oracle Database software the
> installs with the Oracle
> Applications. I fact I have been told that most
> likely database/database
> software that comes with Apps will most likely be a
> version or so back.
>
> hth
>
> Chris Marquez
> Oracle DBA S A I C
> (202) 261-9454
> [Email Address Removed]
>
> ||-----Original Message-----
> ||From: Kader Ben [mailto:[Email Address Removed] ||Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 3:59 PM
> ||To: LazyDBA.com Discussion
> ||Subject: Oracle 9i RAC and apps 11i
> ||
> ||
> ||Hi DB's,
> || I have to install 9i database (RAC) in new
> ||machine, but our Oracle Application System
> ||Administrator
> ||told me he must install oracle applications (11i)
> ||first and then I have to apply patch to database
> that
> ||was installed by oracle applications to migrate it
> to
> ||9i! My question is this only one away to precede?
> if
> ||so how witch patch to apply and how?
> ||
> ||Thank you for your help
> ||
> ||kader
> ||
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