I tried a quick check with defining a logical (tcpip$ping) to try to point
to multinet:multinet_ping.exe. Unfortunately, running it that way, the
Multinet image doesn't seem to support the command line options Oracle is
trying to use for tcpip$ping.exe. So that probably won't work.
However, if you have the distribution for TCPIP Services, you might try
extracting just the single file TCPIP$PING.EXE and place it in SYS$SYSTEM
or SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE], without using a logical at all. If my past
experience with the TCPIP Services emulation support in Multinet and
TCPware is any indication, that ping image may be able to run okay under
Multinet. I've seen the TCPIP Services telnet image run under TCPware
without a problem. Oracle should be able to find tcpip$ping.exe and run it
with the command options it needs.
When it does run, you may see some error messages, indicating other files
that would need to be placed out there as well. But I don't think you'll
need to do anything even close to a full install of TCPIP Services.
Good luck!
Bob Blum
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Post by Ken ConnellyPost by Selden E Ball JrPost by Thomas HartsookSorry, I was not specific. The OracleUniversalInstaller is calling
ping via
this command. It is looking in sys$system for tcpip$ping.exe.
O wonderous.
A crude workaround is for someone with appropriate privileges to copy
multinet:ping.exe to sys$system:tcpip$ping.exe
Defining appropriate logicals might work, depending on the procedure
used to create the command.
However, you should check to make sure that the product officially
supports Multinet. We don't use Oracle on any of our VMS systems, so I
don't know if it does.
If it is supported, be sure to report the installation bug to Oracle.
If Multinet is not supported, then you'll have a hard time getting
Oracle to help you with or fix the problems you encounter in your
application. That would make your users and management very unhappy.
s.
my memory tells me that oracle does not support multinet. i know, shame
on them...
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Ken Connelly Associate Director, Security and Systems
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