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This chapter describes the different types of Oracle Database installations that you can perform, and issues that you should consider before installing the software. It includes information about the following topics:
Deprecated Components in Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10.2)
The Oracle Database installation process consists of the following phases:
Read the release notes: Read the Oracle Database 10g release 2 (10.2) release notes before you begin the installation. The release notes are available with the platform-specific documentation. The latest version of the release notes is available on Oracle Technology Network at:
Planning the installation: This chapter describes the Oracle products that you can install and issues that you must consider before starting the installation.
You can also refer to Appendix H which covers frequently asked questions about installing Oracle Database components, such as how to install Oracle Database if the site uses Oracle applications or if you need multiple Oracle Database client connections.
Completing preinstallation tasks: Chapter 2 describes preinstallation tasks that you must complete before installing the product.
Installing software: Use the following section to install Oracle Database:
Chapter 3 describes how to use Oracle Universal Installer to install Oracle Database and Automatic Storage Management.
Appendix A provides information on performing noninteractive (silent) installations, which you may want to use if you need to perform multiple installations of Oracle Database.
Appendix C provides information on cloning Oracle home.
Appendix F describes globalization support information.
Appendix G provides troubleshooting advice in case you encounter problems with the installation.
Chapter 6 describes how to remove Oracle Database.
Completing postinstallation tasks: Chapter 4 describes recommended and required post-installation tasks.
Get started using Oracle Database: Chapter 5 describes how to check the contents of the installed Oracle Database, how to start various tools, and how to locate various files. You can also read Appendix B on network attached storage devices, which you can use to store Oracle database files and Oracle software. Appendix D describes the Optimal Flexible Architecture, which is a set of guidelines that ensure reliable Oracle installations that require little maintenance, and Appendix E explains how to manage Oracle Database port numbers.
You can choose different installation methods to install Oracle Database, as follows:
When you use the interactive method to install Oracle Database, Oracle Universal Installer displays a series of screens that enable you to specify all of the required information to install the Oracle Database software and optionally create a database.
With Oracle Database 10g release 10.2 on Linux x86-64, Oracle Universal Installer provides two interactive methods that you can use to install Oracle Database:
Basic Installation method:
Select this installation method if you want to quickly install Oracle Database. This installation method requires minimal user input. It installs the software and optionally creates a general-purpose database using the information that you specify on the screen. It is the default installation method.
Advanced Installation method:
Select this installation method if you want to complete any of the following tasks:
Perform a custom software installation, or choose a different database configuration
The Available Product Components installation screen automatically selects the components most customers need in their Oracle Database installation. It also lists several components that are not selected by default, but which you may want to include. To find the listing of available components, select Advanced, and then in the Installation Type screen, select Custom.
Upgrade an existing database
Select a database character set or different product languages
Create the EXAMPLE tablespace during the installation
Create a database on a different file system from the software
Configure Automatic Storage Management or use raw devices for database storage
Specify different passwords for administrative schemas
Configure automated backups or Oracle Enterprise Manager notifications
By creating a response file and specifying this file when you start Oracle Universal Installer, you can automate some or all of the Oracle Database installation. These automated installation methods are useful if you need to perform multiple installations on similarly configured systems or if the system where you want to install the software does not have X Window system software installed.
When you use a response file, you can run Oracle Universal Installer in the following modes, depending on whether you specify all of the required information or not:
Silent Mode: Oracle Universal Installer runs in silent mode if you use a response file that specifies all required information. None of the Oracle Universal Installer screens are displayed.
Suppressed Mode: Oracle Universal Installer runs in suppressed mode if you do not specify all required information in the response file. Oracle Universal Installer displays only the screens that prompt for the information that you did not specify.
For more information about these modes and about how to complete an installation using response files, refer to Appendix A.
Note:Oracle Client is installed separately. You cannot install Oracle Database Client during an Oracle Database installation.
You can choose one of the following installation types when installing Oracle Database 10g:
Enterprise Edition: Installs licensable Oracle Database options and database configuration and management tools in addition to all of the products that are installed during a Standard Edition installation. It also installs products most commonly used for data warehousing and transaction processing.
Standard Edition: Installs an integrated set of management tools, full distribution, replication, Web features, and facilities for building business-critical applications.
Note:If you purchased a Standard Edition license, and you perform a Custom installation, then ensure that you install only the components covered by the Standard Edition license.
Custom: Enables you to select the individual components that you want to install from the list of all available components.
During the installation, you can choose whether you want to create an Oracle database as part of the installation. If you choose to create an Oracle database, then Oracle Universal Installer uses Database Configuration Assistant to create it. You can choose to create one of the preconfigured database types, which are designed for a variety of different applications, modify one of the preconfigured database types, or create a customized database to suit your requirements.
This section describes the following database configuration options:
Oracle provides the following preconfigured database types that you can create or customize during the installation:
General Purpose
Transaction Processing
Data Warehouse
Refer to the online help provided by either Oracle Universal Installer or Database Configuration Assitant for a description of these preconfigured database types.
Oracle Universal Installer runs Database Configuration Assistant in one of two modes, depending on the choices that you make during the installation:
Noninteractive mode
If you choose either the Enterprise Edition or Standard Edition installation type, then choose to create a preconfigured database type, Oracle Universal Installer prompts you for the minimum amount of information required to create a database of the type you choose. It then runs Database Configuration Assistant in noninteractive mode to create the database after it installs the software.
Interactive mode
If you choose the Custom installation type or choose the Advanced database configuration option, then Oracle Universal Installer does not prompt you for database information. Instead, it installs the software and then runs Database Configuration Assistant in interactive mode. Using the screens in Database Configuration Assistant, you can either modify one of the preconfigured database types or create a custom database and specify precisely how you want to configure it.
Note:If you choose this method to create a database, then click Help on any of the Database Configuration Assistant screens for a description of the information that you must specify on that screen.
If you decide not to create a database during the installation, then you can use Database Configuration Assistant to create one after you have installed the software. For more information about using Database Configuration Assistant to create a database after installation, refer to the Oracle Database 2 Day DBA manual.
This release of Oracle Database provides options that you can choose during installation to simplify database administration tasks. These options include:
The following sections describe these options.
If you choose to create a database during the installation, you can specify one of three storage options for database files:
If you choose the file system option, then Database Configuration Assistant creates the database files in a directory on a file system mounted on the computer. Oracle recommends that the file system you choose be separate from the file systems used by the operating system or the Oracle software. The file system that you choose can be any of the following:
A file system on a disk that is physically attached to the system
If you are creating a database on basic disks that are not logical volumes or RAID devices, then Oracle recommends that you follow the Optimal Flexible Architecture (OFA) recommendations described in Appendix D and distribute the database files over more than one disk.
A file system on a logical volume manager (LVM) volume or a RAID device
If you are using multiple disks in an LVM or RAID configuration, then Oracle recommends that you use the stripe and mirror everything (SAME) methodology to increase performance and reliability. Using this methodology, you do not need to specify more than one file system mount point for database storage.
A network file system (NFS) mounted from a certified network attached storage (NAS) device
You can store database files on NAS devices provided that the NAS device is certified by Oracle.
See Also:The "Using Network Attached Storage or NFS File Systems" section for more information about certified NAS and NFS devices
If you choose the Custom installation type or the Advanced database creation option, then you can also choose to use the Oracle-managed files feature with the new database. If you use this feature, then you need to specify only the database object name instead of file names when creating or deleting database files.
See Also:Oracle Database Administrator's Guide for more information about Oracle-managed files
Automatic Storage Management is a high-performance storage management solution for Oracle Database files. It simplifies the management of a dynamic database environment, such as creating and laying out databases and managing disk space.
Automatic Storage Management can be used with single database installations, multiple database installations, and in Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) environments. It can be used with databases created in Oracle Database 10g release 1 (10.1.0.3 or later). However, Oracle Database 10g release 2 (10.2) databases can use Automatic Storage Management from Oracle Database 10g release 1 (10.1). If a site has multiple single-instance databases, then you can use Oracle Clusterware to consolidate multiple islands of databases into a single clustered pool of storage managed by Automatic Storage Management. Automatic Storage Management manages the storage of all database files, such as redo logs, control files, data pump export files, and so on. However, it does not manage Oracle Database executable binary files.
At a high level, implementing Automatic Storage Management involves allocating partitioned disks for Oracle Database with preferences for striping and mirroring. Automatic Storage Management manages the disk space for you. This helps avoid the need for traditional disk management tools such as Logical Volume Managers (LVM), file systems, and the numerous commands necessary to manage both. The synchronization between Automatic Storage Management and the database instance is handled by Oracle Cluster Synchronization Services (CSS).
The following are components of an Automatic Storage Management installation:
A disk group is a set of disk devices that Automatic Storage Management manages as a single unit. Each disk device can be an individual physical disk, a multiple disk device such as a RAID storage array or logical volume, or even a partition on a physical disk. However, in most cases, disk groups consist of one or more individual physical disks. To enable Automatic Storage Management to balance I/O and storage efficiently within the disk group, you must ensure that all devices in the disk group have similar, if not identical, storage capacity and performance.
You can set the redundancy and striping attributes of individual file types within a disk group by using ASM disk group templates. When you create a disk group, Automatic Storage Management creates a set of default templates for that disk group. Default template settings depend on the disk group type. For example, the default template for control files for a normal redundancy disk group sets three-way mirroring. All other file templates are two-way mirrored. For a high redundancy disk group, the default mirroring cannot be changed; that is, all files are always three-way mirrored in a high redundancy disk group. You can modify the default templates to suit your site's needs. See Oracle Database Administrator's Guide for more information.
Automatic Storage Management spreads data evenly across all the devices in the disk group to optimize performance and utilization. You can add or remove disk devices from a disk group without shutting down the database. When you add or remove disks, Automatic Storage Management rebalances the files across the disk group. You can create multiple disk groups to handle specific tasks, such as backup and recovery operations, in addition to regular file storage activities.
When you add a device to a disk group, you can specify a failure group for that device. Failure groups identify disk devices that have common failure characteristics, for example, devices that are attached to the same controller. If the controller fails, then all devices attached to it become unavailable. By default, each device also belongs to its own failure group. By using the failure groups you specify, Automatic Storage Management can distribute data among the devices in the disk group to minimize the risk of data loss caused by component failures.
The ASM instance manages ASM disk groups. This instance must be running before you can start a database instance that uses Automatic Storage Management. When you choose Automatic Storage Management as a database storage mechanism, this instance is created and started, if necessary. For a single-instance Oracle Database installation, you only need one Automatic Storage Management instance, regardless of the number of database instances on the system. The ASM instance on any node in a single cluster can handle any combination of disk group types.
General Steps for Installing Automatic Storage Management
To install Automatic Storage Management, you use Oracle Universal Installer. This installation guide provides the following general steps for installing Automatic Storage Management:
Determine the disk requirements of the site and, if necessary, create one or more disk partitions for Automatic Storage Management.
"Preparing Disk Groups for an Automatic Storage Management Installation" provides guidelines on how to determine the disk requirements of the site.
Run Oracle Universal Installer to install and create an Automatic Storage Management instance and to create Automatic Storage Management disk groups.
"Step 1: Reviewing Automatic Storage Management Installation Considerations" provides guidelines on where to install Automatic Storage Management and other installation considerations. "Step 2: Creating the Automatic Storage Management Instance and Disk Groups" describes how to create an Automatic Storage Management instance and disk groups.
After you create an Automatic Storage Management instance and its associated disk groups, subsequent databases that you create will be able to use Automatic Storage Management for file storage management. If you have databases that were created before you installed Automatic Storage Management, then you can migrate them to Automatic Storage Management by using the Enterprise Manager Migrate Database Wizard. This wizard is available in Enterprise Manager Grid Control or Database Control. Alternatively, you can use Oracle Database Recovery Manager (RMAN) to perform the migration.
Create the databases that you want to use Automatic Storage Management.
"Step 3: Installing Oracle Database to Use with Automatic Storage Management" on page 3-15 describes how to create and a database for Automatic Storage Management.
Test the Automatic Storage Management installation.
"Step 3: Installing Oracle Database to Use with Automatic Storage Management" provides a simple test you can try to check that the Automatic Storage Management installation was successful. "Managing Automatic Storage Management" explains how to start and access Automatic Storage Management and which Oracle Database tools you can use to manage it.
See Also:
Raw devices are disk partitions or logical volumes that have not been formatted with a file system. When you use raw devices for database file storage, Oracle writes data directly to the partition or volume, bypassing the operating system file system layer. For this reason, you can sometimes achieve performance gains by using raw devices. However, because raw devices can be difficult to create and administer, and because the performance gains over modern file systems are minimal, Oracle recommends that you choose Automatic Storage Management or file system storage in preference to raw devices.
To simplify database administration, Oracle provides a Web-based management tool called Oracle Enterprise Manager. There are two ways that you can deploy Oracle Enterprise Manager:
Deploy Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g centrally in the environment
To deploy Oracle Enterprise Manager centrally, you must install at least one Oracle Management Repository and one Oracle Management Service within the environment, then install an Oracle Enterprise Management Agent on every computer that you want to manage. You can then use a single HTML interface to manage and monitor software and hardware targets on all of those systems. Targets can include Oracle databases, application servers, Net listeners, and third-party software. This single interface is called Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control (or simply Grid Control).
Note:Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g is available separately in the Oracle Database media pack. For more information about Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g, refer to the Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Concepts manual and the Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Installation and Basic Configuration manual.
Deploy Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control locally on the database system
Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control software is installed by default with every Oracle Database installation except Custom. During a Custom installation, you can choose not to install Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control. However, Oracle recommends that you do install it. This local installation provides a Web-based interface called Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control. The Database Control is similar in function to the Grid Control, but it can manage only a single database. If you want to add_��minister more than one database on this system, then you must either configure a separate Database Control for each database, or install Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control.
This section contains the following topics:
Features Provided by Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control
When you choose to create a preconfigured database during the installation, you must select the Oracle Enterprise Manager interface that you want to use to manage the database. The following options are available:
Use Grid Control for central database management
This option is available only if an Oracle Management Agent is installed on the system. When Oracle Universal Installer detects an Oracle Management Agent on the system, you can choose this option and specify the Oracle Management Service that you want to use to manage the database.
If an Oracle Management Agent is not installed, then you must choose to use Database Control to manage the database. However, if you install Oracle Management Agent after you install Oracle Database, then you can then use Grid Control to manage this database.
Use Database Control for local database management
This option is selected by default if an Oracle Management Agent is not installed on the system. However, even if a Management Agent is installed, you can still choose to configure Database Control to manage the database.
If you choose the Advanced database configuration option or choose to create a database during a Custom installation, then Oracle Universal Installer runs Database Configuration Assistant in interactive mode. Using a screen in Database Configuration Assistant, you can specify the Oracle Enterprise Manager interface that you want to use to manage the database. Alternatively, you can also choose not to configure the database with Enterprise Manager.
Note:Oracle recommends that you configure the database to use Enterprise Manager during installation. However, if you choose not to configure the database to use Enterprise Manager during the installation, then you can use Database Configuration Assistant after the installation to configure the database to use it.
Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control provides a Web-based user interface that enables you to monitor, administer, and maintain an Oracle database. You can use it to perform all of the database administration tasks. You can also use it to determine information about the database, such as:
Instance name, database version, Oracle home location, media recovery options, and other instance data
Current instance availability
Database alert information
Session and SQL-related performance information
Space usage metrics
In addition, it provides you with automatic notification of security alerts and it provides the ability to download and apply patches for the software.
If you choose to use Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control during the installation, then you can optionally enable automated database backups that use the Oracle-suggested default backup strategy.
Note:You do not have to enable automated backups during the installation. If you prefer, you can use Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control or Grid Control to configure automated backups after you install the software and create a database.
This section contains the following topics:
If you enable automated backups, then Oracle Enterprise Manager schedules a daily backup job that uses Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) to back up all of the database files to an on-disk storage area called the flash recovery area. The first time the backup job runs, it creates a full backup of the database. Subsequent backup jobs perform incremental backups, which enable you to recover the database to its state at any point during the preceding 24 hours.
To enable automated backup jobs during installation, you must specify the following information:
The location of the flash recovery area
You can choose to use either a file system directory or an Automatic Storage Management disk group for the flash recovery area. The default disk quota configured for the flash recovery area is 2 GB. For Automatic Storage Management disk groups, the required disk space depends on the redundancy level of the disk group that you choose. Chapter 2 describes how to choose the location of the flash recovery area and identifies its disk space requirements.
An operating system user name and password for the backup job
Oracle Enterprise Manager uses the operating system credentials that you specify when running the backup job. The user name that you specify must belong to the UNIX group that identifies database administrators (the OSDBA group, typically
dba). The Oracle software owner user (typically
oracle) that you use to install the software is a suitable choice for this user. Chapter 2 describes the requirements for the OSDBA group and Oracle software owner user and describes how to create them.
If you enable automated backups after choosing one of the preconfigured databases during the installation, then automated backup is configured with the following default settings:
The backup job is scheduled to run nightly at 2 a.m.
The disk quota for the flash recovery area is 2 GB.
If you enable automated backups by using Database Configuration Assistant, either during or after the installation, then you can specify a different start time for the backup job and a different disk quota for the flash recovery area.
For information about using Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control to configure or customize automated backups or to recover a backed up database, refer to the Oracle Database 2 Day DBA manual.
For more detailed information about defining a backup strategy and backing up and recovering Oracle databases, refer to the Oracle Database Backup and Recovery Basics manual or Oracle Database Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide.
If you choose to use the Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control during the installation, then you can configure Enterprise Manager to send e-mail when specific events occur. These events can include occurrences such as disk space reaching a critical limit (a threshold), or a database shutting down unexpectedly.
If you choose to enable e-mail notifications, then you must specify the following information:
The host name of a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server
The e-mail address that should receive the alerts
The e-mail address that you specify could belong to an individual or it could be a shared e-mail account or a distribution list.
You can use Enterprise Manager Database Control to set up, change, or customize e-mail notifications after you have created the database.
This section contains information that you should consider before deciding how to install this product. It contains the following sections:
The platform-specific hardware and software requirements included in this installation guide were current at the time this guide was published. However, because new platforms and operating system software versions might be certified after this guide is published, review the certification matrix on the OracleMetaLink Web site for the most up-to-date list of certified hardware platforms and operating system versions. The OracleMetaLink Web site is available at the following URL:
If you do not have a current Oracle Support Services contract, then you can access the same information at the following Web site:
This product supports multiple Oracle homes. This means that you can install this release or previous releases of the software more than once on the same system, in different Oracle home directories.
You must install this product into a new Oracle home directory. You cannot install products from one release of Oracle Database into an Oracle home directory of a different release. For example, you cannot install release 10.2 software into an existing Oracle9i Oracle home directory. If you attempt to install this release into an Oracle home directory that contains software from an earlier Oracle release, then the installation fails.
You can install this release more than once on the same system if each installation is installed in a separate Oracle home directory.
The first time you install Oracle Database 10g on a system, the installation configures and starts a single-node version of the Oracle Cluster Synchronization Services (CSS) daemon. The CSS daemon is required to enable synchronization between an Automatic Storage Management instance and the database instances that rely on it for database file storage. By default, Oracle Universal Installer does not configure Oracle Cluster Synchronization Services. Oracle Universal Installer configures these services only if you choose Automatic Storage Management as a storage or recovery option. Because it must be running before any Automatic Storage Management instance or database instance starts, it is configured to start automatically when the system boots.
For Oracle Real Application Clusters installations, the CSS daemon is installed with Oracle Clusterware in a separate Oracle home directory (also called the Clusterware home directory). For single-node installations, the CSS daemon is installed in and runs from the same Oracle home as Oracle Database.
If you have installed Oracle Cluster Synchronization Services from the same Oracle home as Oracle Database, then use caution when removing Oracle Database 10g software from the system. Before you remove an Oracle home directory that contains Oracle Database 10g, you must either delete the CSS daemon configuration, or if necessary, reconfigure the CSS daemon to run from another Oracle home directory.
See Also:The "Reconfiguring Oracle Cluster Synchronization Services" section for more information about deleting or reconfiguring the Oracle CSS daemon
Note:If you plan to have more than one Oracle Database 10g installation on a single system and you want to use Automatic Storage Management for database file storage, then Oracle recommends that you run the CSS daemon and the Automatic Storage Management instance from the same Oracle home directory and use different Oracle home directories for the database instances.
Oracle Database 10g must be able to verify that writes to a disk are completed successfully. NFS file systems, including file systems on NAS devices, may not be able to guarantee that writes to a disk are completed successfully, and this may lead to possible data file corruption. Oracle recommends that you do not store files on NFS mounted file systems unless the storage vendor and storage device are listed in the Oracle Storage Compatibility Program list. This list is available from the following Web site:
If a storage device is supported, then you can use it to store Oracle software files, Oracle database files, or both.
See Also:Appendix B for guidelines about using NFS and NAS devices for Oracle software or database files
For information about upgrading a previous release of Oracle Database to Oracle Database 10g release 2 (10.2), refer to Oracle Database Upgrade Guide. The following sections provide additional platform-specific upgrade information that you should review before upgrading an existing database:
Note:The information in this section does not apply to an upgrade of a release 9.0.1 or later release of Oracle Database.
Before you upgrade an existing database that uses the AL24UTFFSS character set, you must upgrade the database character set to UTF8. Oracle recommends that you use the Character Set Scanner (
csscan) utility for data analysis before attempting to upgrade the existing database character set.
The Character Set Scanner utility checks all character data in the database and tests for the effects of, and problems with, changing the character set encoding. Before running the Character Set Scanner utility, set the shared library path environment variable for the platform to include the
$ORACLE_HOME/lib directory. The shared library path environment path that you need to set is
Caution:AL32UTF8 is the Oracle Database character set that is appropriate for XMLType data. It is equivalent to the IANA registered standard UTF-8 encoding, which supports all valid XML characters.
Do not confuse Oracle Database database character set UTF8 (no hyphen) with database character set AL32UTF8 or with character encoding UTF-8. Database character set UTF8 has been superseded by AL32UTF8. Do not use UTF8 for XML data. UTF8 supports only Unicode version 3.1 and earlier; it does not support all valid XML characters. AL32UTF8 has no such limitation.
Using database character set UTF8 for XML data could potentially cause a fatal error or affect security negatively. If a character that is not supported by the database character set appears in an input-document element name, then a replacement character (usually "?") is substituted for it. This will terminate parsing and raise an exception.
If you have the 8.1.7, 9.0.1, 9.2.0, or 10.1 release of Oracle Database installed on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, then you must first upgrade the operating system to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (update 4) before you upgrade the database. To do this, perform any one of the following procedures:
See Also:Oracle Database Upgrade Guide
Upgrade the operating system. Then, upgrade the database either manually or by using Oracle Database Upgrade Assistant. The detailed information on preserving database environment while upgrading the operating system is available at the following URL:
Copy the database files. This procedure involves the following steps:
Copy the database files from the computer running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 to the one running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0.
Re-create the control files on the computer running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0.
Manually upgrade the database.
Note:You cannot use Oracle Database Upgrade Assistant if you follow this method. However, this method lets you easily revert to the earlier database.
Upgrade the database by using the Export/Import utilities.
The following Oracle Database 10g release 2 (10.2) components that were part of Oracle Database 10g release 1 (10.1) are not available for installation with Oracle Database 10g release 2 (10.2):
This chapter describes how to complete postinstallation tasks after you have installed the software. It includes information about the following sections:
Installing Oracle Database 10g Products from the Companion CD
You must perform the tasks listed in the "Required Postinstallation Tasks" section. Oracle recommends that you perform the tasks listed in the "Recommended Postinstallation Tasks" section after all installations.
If you installed and intend to use any of the products listed in the "Required Product-Specific Postinstallation Tasks" section, then you must perform the tasks listed in the product-specific subsections.
Note:This chapter describes basic configuration only. Refer to Oracle Database Administrator's Reference for UNIX-Based Operating Systems and product-specific administration and tuning guides for more detailed configuration and tuning information.
You must perform the tasks described in the following sections after completing an installation:
Check the OracleMetaLink Web site for required patches for the installation.
To download required patches:
Use a Web browser to view the OracleMetaLink Web site:
Log in to OracleMetaLink.
Note:If you are not an OracleMetaLink registered user, click Register for MetaLink! and follow the registration instructions.
On the main OracleMetaLink page, click Patches.
Select Simple Search.
Specify the following information, then click Go:
In the Search By field, choose Product or Family, then specify RDBMS Server.
In the Release field, specify the current release number.
In the Patch Type field, specify Patchset/Minipack.
In the Platform or Language field, select your platform.
Many Oracle products and options must be configured before you use them for the first time. Before using individual Oracle products or options, refer to the appropriate manual in the product documentation library.
Oracle recommends that you perform the tasks described in the following section after completing an installation:
Oracle recommends that you back up the
root.sh script after you complete an installation. If you install other products in the same Oracle home directory, then Oracle Universal Installer updates the contents of the existing
root.sh script during the installation. If you require information contained in the original
root.sh script, then you can recover it from the backed up
root.sh file.
Oracle recommends that you run the
utlrp.sql script after creating or upgrading a database. This script recompiles all PL/SQL modules that might be in an invalid state, including packages, procedures, and types. This is an optional step but Oracle recommends that you do it during installation and not at a later date.
To run the
utlrp.sql script, follow these steps:
Switch user to
Use the
oraenv or
coraenv script to set the environment for the database where you want to run the
utlrp.sql script:
Bourne, Bash, or Korn shell:
$ . /usr/local/bin/oraenv
C shell:
% source /usr/local/bin/coraenv
When prompted, specify the SID for the database.
Start SQL*Plus, as follows:
$ sqlplus "/ AS SYSDBA"
If necessary, start the database:
Run the
utlrp.sql script:
SQL> @?/rdbms/admin/utlrp.sql
For information about setting up additional user accounts, refer to Oracle Database Administrator's Reference for UNIX-Based Operating Systems.
NLS_LANG is an environment variable that specifies the locale behavior for Oracle software. This variable sets the language and territory used by the client application and the database server. It also sets the character set for the client, which is the character set for data entered or displayed by an Oracle client program, such as SQL*Plus.
See Also:Appendix F, "Configuring Oracle Database Globalization Support" for more information about the
NLS_LANG environment variable
The client static library (
libclntst10.a) is not generated during installation. If you want to link your applications to the client static library, you must first generate it as follows:
Switch user to
Set the ORACLE_HOME environment variable to specify the Oracle home directory used by the Oracle Database installation. For example:
Bourne, Bash, or Korn shell:
$ ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1 $ export ORACLE_HOME
C shell:
% setenv ORACLE_HOME /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1
Enter the following command:
$ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/genclntst
The following sections describe platform-specific postinstallation tasks that you must perform if you install and intend to use the products mentioned:
Installing Natively Compiled Java Libraries for Oracle JVM and Oracle interMedia
Note:You need only perform postinstallation tasks for products that you intend to use.
If you have a previous release of Oracle software installed on this system, you might want to copy information from the Oracle Net
tnsnames.ora and
listener.ora configuration files from the previous release to the corresponding files for the new release.
Modifying the listener.ora File
If you are upgrading from a previous release of Oracle Database, Oracle recommends that you use the current release of Oracle Net listener instead of the listener from the previous release.
To use the listener from the current release, you may need to copy static service information from the
listener.ora file from the previous release to the version of that file used by the new release.
For any database instances earlier than release 8.0.3, add static service information to the
listener.ora file. Oracle Database releases later than release 8.0.3 do not require static service information.
Modifying the tnsnames.ora File
Unless you are using a central
tnsnames.ora file, copy Oracle Net service names and connect descriptors from the previous release
tnsnames.ora file to the version of that file used by the new release.
If necessary, you can also add connection information for additional database instances to the new file.
If you installed Oracle Label Security, you must configure it in a database before you use it. You can configure Oracle Label Security in two ways; with Oracle Internet Directory integration and without Oracle Internet Directory integration. If you configure Oracle Label Security without Oracle Internet Directory integration, you cannot configure it to use Oracle Internet Directory at a later stage.
Note:To configure Oracle Label Security with Oracle Internet Directory integration, Oracle Internet Directory must be installed in your environment and the Oracle database must be registered in the directory.
See Also:Oracle Label Security Administrator's Guide for more information about Oracle Label Security enabled with Oracle Internet Directory
If you plan to use Oracle JVM or Oracle interMedia, Oracle strongly recommends that you install the natively compiled Java libraries (NCOMPs) used by those products from the Oracle Database 10g Companion CD. These libraries are required to improve the performance of the products on your platform.
For information about how to install products from the Companion CD, refer to the "Installing Oracle Database 10g Products from the Companion CD" section.
An Oracle Text knowledge base is a hierarchical tree of concepts used for theme indexing, ABOUT queries, and deriving themes for document services. If you plan to use any of these Oracle Text features, you can install two supplied knowledge bases (English and French) from the Oracle Database 10g Companion CD.
Note:You can extend the supplied knowledge bases depending on your requirements. Alternatively, you can create your own knowledge bases, possibly in languages other than English and French.
See Also:Oracle Text Reference for more information about creating and extending knowledge basesThe "Installing Oracle Database 10g Products from the Companion CD" section for information about how to install products from the Companion CD
To configure Oracle Messaging Gateway, refer to the section about Messaging Gateway in Oracle Streams Advanced Queuing User's Guide and Reference. When following the instructions listed in that manual, refer to this section for additional instructions about configuring the
tnsnames.ora, and
mgw.ora files.
To modify the
$ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/listener.ora file for external procedures:
Back up the
listener.ora file.
Ensure that the default IPC protocol address for external procedures is set as follows:
Add static service information for a service called
mgwextproc by adding lines similar to the following to the SID_LIST parameter for the listener in the
listener.ora file:
(SID_NAME = mgwextproc)
(ENVS = EXTPROC_DLLS=/oracle_home/lib32/libmgwagent.so,
(ORACLE_HOME = oracle_home)
(PROGRAM = extproc32)
In this example:
The ENVS parameter defines the shared library path environment variable and any other required environment variables.
In the settings for the shared library path environment variable, you must also add any additional library paths required for non-Oracle messaging systems, for example WebSphere MQ or TIBCO Rendezvous.
oracle_home is the path of the Oracle home directory.
32 is the external procedure agent executable file
The following example shows a sample
listener.ora file:
Note:In the following example, the
PLSExtProc service is the default service for PL/SQL external procedures.
SID_LIST_LISTENER = (SID_LIST = (SID_DESC = (SID_NAME = PLSExtProc) (ORACLE_HOME = /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1) (PROGRAM = extproc) ) (SID_DESC = (SID_NAME = mgwextproc) (ENVS = EXTPROC_DLLS=/oracle_home/lib/libmgwagent.so, LD_LIBRARY_PATH =/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/jdk/jre/ lib/i386:/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/jdk/jre/lib/i386/server: /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/lib) (ORACLE_HOME = /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1) (PROGRAM = extproc32) ) )
To modify the
$ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/tnsnames.ora file for external procedures:
Back up the
tnsnames.ora file.
In the
tnsnames.ora file, add a connect descriptor with the net service name
MGW_AGENT, as follows:
MGW_AGENT = (DESCRIPTION= (ADDRESS_LIST= (ADDRESS= (PROTOCOL=IPC)(KEY=EXTPROC))) (CONNECT_DATA= (SID=mgwextproc) (PRESENTATION=RO)))
In this example:
The value specified for the KEY parameter must match the value specified for that parameter in the IPC protocol address in the
listener.ora file.
The value of the
SID parameter must match the service name in the
listener.ora file that you specified for the Oracle Messaging Gateway external procedure agent in the previous section (
To modify the
$ORACLE_HOME/mgw/admin/mgw.ora file for external procedures, set the CLASSPATH environment variable to include the classes in the following table and any additional classes required for Oracle Messaging Gateway to access non-Oracle messaging systems, for example WebSphere MQ or TIBCO Rendezvous classes:
|Oracle Messaging Gateway
|JRE internationalization
|JRE runtime
|Oracle JDBC
|Oracle internationalization
|JMS Interface
|Oracle JMS implementation
|Java Transaction API
Note:All the lines in the
mgw.ora file should consist of less than 1024 characters.
This section describes post-installation tasks for Oracle precompilers.
Note:All precompiler configuration files are located in the
$ORACLE_HOME/precomp/admin directory.
Verify that the PATH environment variable setting includes the directory that contains the C compiler executable.
Table 4-1 shows the default directories and the appropriate command to verify the path setting of the compiler.
Two sets of Oracle C++ Call Interface (OCCI) libraries are installed with this release on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. One set is for use with GNU C++ compiler version 2.96 and the other set is for use with GNU C++ version 3.2. The libraries are installed in the following locations:
Libraries for use with GNU C++ version 2.96 supported on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 only:
$ORACLE_HOME/lib/libocci10_296.a $ORACLE_HOME/lib/libocci10_296.so.10.1
Libraries for use with GNU C++ version 3.2:
$ORACLE_HOME/lib/libocci10.a $ORACLE_HOME/lib/libocci10.so.10.1
Libraries for use with GNU C++ version 3.3 supported on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9:
$ORACLE_HOME/lib/libocci10.a $ORACLE_HOME/lib/libocci10.so.10.1
Although the libraries are installed on all Linux distributions, they are not supported on all distributions. The following table shows the supported GNU C++ version for each distribution.
|Linux Distribution
|GNU C++ Versions Supported
|Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 3
|Both 2.96 and 3.2
|SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
|Only 3.3.3-43
To create the required symbolic links in the
$ORACLE_HOME/lib directory to the appropriate libraries for a distribution, you must you must create symbolic links to the libraries or overwrite the libraries after taking their backup. For example, you can use the following commands to create symbolic links to the libraries after removing
$ORACLE_HOME/lib/libocci10.a and
$ ln -s $ORACLE_HOME/lib/libocci10_296.a $ORACLE_HOME/lib/libocci10.a $ ln -s $ORACLE_HOME/lib/libocci10_296.so.10.1 $ORACLE_HOME/lib/libocci10.so.10.1
Note:If you run
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/genoccish, then the
libocci.so.10.1 library is regenerated by default. To regenerate the gcc2.96 OCCI shared object when you have not renamed or created symbolic linkes the gcc 2.96 OCCI libraries to the default names, you must set the
BUILD_CCC296 environment variable to 1 before running
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/genoccish. This will regenerate the
libocci10_296.so.10.1 library.
You can configure GCC as the primary compiler if primary supported compiler is not available. This enables you to speed up the performance of PL/SQL modules such as packages by compiling them into native code that resides in shared libraries. This method translates the module into C code, compiles it with a C compiler, and then links it into the Oracle process. Remember that you must use one compiler to compile all your Oracle modules. You cannot compile some modules with the primary compiler and others with a different compiler.
If both the primary supported compiler for the operating system and GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) are available, then use the primary supported compiler. However, if the primary supported compiler is not available, then use GCC.
To configure GCC as the primary compiler:
Using a text editor, open the
spnc_commands configuration file. In a default installation, the
spnc_commands file is located in the
$ORACLE_HOME/plsql directory.
Look for the following line of text and comment it out:
/opt/intel_cce_80/bin/icc -Qlocation,as,/usr/bin/ -Qlocation,ld,/usr/bin/ %(src) -O1 -fPIC -fp -mp1 -fp_port -I$(ORACLE_HOME)/plsql/include -I$(ORACLE_HOME)/plsql/public -Wl,-s -shared -o %(so)
Look for the following lines, which pertain to GCC, and uncomment them:
# /usr/bin/gcc -B/usr/bin/ %(src) -c -O1 -fPIC -I$(ORACLE_HOME)/plsql/include -I$(ORACLE_HOME)/plsql/public -o %(obj) /usr/bin/ld -s -shared %(obj) -o %(so)
Save and close the
spnc_commands configuration file.
See Also:PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference for more information on PL/SQL native compilation and the
spnc_commands configuration file
Using the Intel C++ Compiler for PL/SQL Native Compilation
By default, PL/SQL native compilation is configured to use the GCC compiler. If you want to use the Intel C++ compiler (ICC) instead of the GCC compiler, then make the following changes in the
$ORACLE_HOME/plsql/spnc_commands file:
Comment out the lines for the GCC compiler.
Uncomment the lines for ICC.
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Tiger Maintains Top Spot in World Golf Ranking
Tiger Woods kept his commanding lead in the most recent World Golf Ranking. The latest listing came out Monday. The five-time winner in 2013 is over 170 points ahead of No. 2 Adam Scott. Woods was named the PGA Tour's Player of the Year last week.
Following the Aussie in the top-10 are Phil Mickelson, Henrik Stenson, Justin Rose, Rory McIlroy, Steve Stricker, Matt Kuchar, Brandt Snedeker and Jason Dufner.
Scott, Mickelson, Rose and Dufner are the year's four major winners, while Stenson won the season-ending Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup title.
David Howell, who won the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland for his first title in seven years, moved into the top-100 to No. 96. The player who he beat on the second sudden-death playoff hole at the Old Course, American Peter Uihlein, is now 69th.
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i just wanted to say that shabbir, you run one hell of a tight ship here. and i like that.
have been to many forums far and wide and well this one just fells right, kinda some how cozy.
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Thanks and are you referring to any particular event or in general?
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well i meant it in s pretty general way. ^^
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hi shabbir
i m sorry to post this here at wrong place but i wanted to know is there any way to make cain and abel work on 100 mbps connection it works on only 10 mbps connection. i m using broadband connection via ethernet.kindly answer this soon. thanks ,nicest forum so far......
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May 2008
Verlander on steal of home
He basically said he noticed Johjima taking off and purposely threw the pitch in the dirt so that Miguel Cairo couldn't get off the squeeze bunt attempt.
"I was getting ready to deliver to the plate [when he noticed Johjima], so I spiked it," Verlander said. "It was a curveball. I can't change pitches, but I can throw it where he can't bunt it."
Leyland said that Pudge would've had the ball in time for the out, but he looked up for Johjima as he tried to grab the ball.
It's the end of May, right?
Hard to tell in Seattle, where it's a cool, overcast day. What was a sunny morning gave way to showers, which has closed the roof here at Safeco Field. The nice thing about this place, and one of many reasons why it's one of my favorite ballparks anywhere, is that it still feels like you're outside even when the roof is closed. Without windows beyond the outfield, you still get the northwest air coming in.
UPDATE @ 3:10pm ET: The roof is now opening. Still overcast, though. I don't think I've ever seen a game here with the roof closed. That's fine with me, though.
As for the game, it's a pretty standard lineup …
- Granderson, CF
- Polanco, 2B
- Guillen, 3B
- Ordonez, RF
- Thames, LF
- Cabrera, 1B
- Larish, DH
- Renteria, SS
- Rodriguez, C
- Ichiro, CF
- Jose Lopez, 2B
- Jose Vidro, DH
- Raul Ibanez, LF
- Adrian Beltre, 3B
- Kenji Johjima, C
- Jeremy Reed, RF
- Miguel Cairo, 1B
- Yuniesky Betancourt, SS
On the rehab front, both Rodney and Zumaya threw today with Dave Dombrowski watching. Jim Leyland said that Rodney's velocity was down around 93 mph, but that his changeup was supposedly outstanding. Zumaya topped out at 97 mph but was more often around 93-95. They'll get a couple days off, then probably head out on rehab — Rodney to Triple-A Toledo, Zumaya to Class A Lakeland.
Dontrelle to start Tuesday, Guillen working out in LF
Leyland revealed his bigger changes after the game.
- Dontrelle Willis and Armando Galarraga will both pitch on Tuesday, with Willis getting the start and Galarraga relieving him. Essentially, that day's going to be a piggyback start day, like what some teams do with pitchers in the lower levels of the minors.
- Carlos Guillen is taking fly balls in left field. There's no timetable on giving him playing time out there or whether they'll actually start him there eventually — Thames is going to keep starting in left for the foreseeable future — but Leyland wants to have that as an option in games so that he can start Inge at third some days and still have Guillen in the lineup somewhere other than DH.
Rotation change
This isn't the big change, but Jeremy Bonderman and Kenny Rogers were flipped in the rotation. Bonderman will pitch here in Seattle on Sunday, and Kenny Rogers will go on Monday. That obviously allows Rogers to pitch in Oakland, where he's 25-4 for his career.
Cabrera moves to sixth spot, pitching shift coming
The only immediate change to come out of Leyland's brainstorming session Thursday was Miguel Cabrera's move from fifth to sixth in the batting order. Marcus Thames gets the fifth slot as Leyland tries to ride the hot bat, but even if he cools off, that might not move up Cabrera. Inge is catching tonight, but Leyland said that Pudge will catch the day games Saturday and Sunday.
There's a pitching move coming, but Leyland wouldn't yet get into what it is. Given Dontrelle Willis' situation, it might well moving a current starter into a relief role and slotting Willis (who hasn't pitched since last Friday) back in. Leyland also said they have to start preparing for guys coming back off the DL. That includes Fernando Rodney and Joel Zumaya, who are set to be sent out on minor-league rehab assignments in the next few days.
- Granderson, CF
- Polanco, 2B
- Guillen, 3B
- Ordonez, RF
- Thames, LF
- Cabrera, 1B
- Larish, DH
- Renteria, SS
- Inge, C
Roster move
With Matt Joyce essentially out of a starting job, the Tigers optioned him back to Toledo so that he can play every day. Clete Thomas will be recalled in time for Friday's game at Seattle.
Granderson to play against lefties
He's in the lineup tonight against Joe Saunders, and Jim Leyland says he's going to play him against all but the really nasty lefties for the near term.
"He's a catalyst for us," Leyland said. "We've got to get him going."
Granderson has said several times over the last few years that facing a left-handed pitcher can get him going at the plate once he faces right-handers again, because it forces him to concentrate more and stay on the ball, getting him out of a mode where he might be pulling everything. Leyland openly wonders whether Granderson's injured hand is hurting, but Granderson says he's fine.
For this trip, it only looks like one more lefty starter awaits after tonight. The Mariners changed their rotation and pulled lefty Jarrod Washburn for the weekend series. Felix Hernandez will now pitch Saturday, with Miguel Batista going Sunday. Once the Tigers get to Oakland next week, Dave Eveland is on schedule to face them.
The other adjustment is that Marcus Thames will be starting regularly in left for a little while.
"Marcus has earned his shot over the last couple years," Leyland said. "Let's see what he can do."
Leyland talked about DHing Guillen, but he decided in the end to give him the night off coupled with Thursday's off-day in hopes of getting him well for Seattle.
Here's the full lineup:
- Granderson, CF
- Polanco, 2B
- Thames, LF
- Ordonez, DH
- Cabrera, 1B
- Rodriguez, C
- Renteria, SS
- Inge, 3B
- Raburn, RF
For the Angels, who will give Vladimir Guerrero the night off:
- Reggie Willits, LF
- Maicer Izturis, SS
- Garret Anderson, DH
- Torii Hunter, CF
- Gary Matthews Jr., RF
- Casey Kotchman, 1B
- Mike Napoli, C
- Brandon Wood, 3B
- Sean Rodriguez, 2B
Bautista rehab update
He did not get through two innings of work as planned. Instead, he lasted 1 1/3 scoreless innings with two walks and three strikeouts. He threw 31 total pitches, 16 of them strikes.
Bautista entered in the seventh and retired the side with one walk. and two strikeouts. He started off the eighth by hitting Jorge Velandia with a pitch, walking Shin-Soo Choo and then giving up a Todd Linden single to load the bases. After retiring Jordan Brown on a called third strike, Bautista was done.
The Tigers have to make a decision now on whether to call him up or have him throw another rehab outing. This outing probably didn't help his case, but we'll see.
For the memory bank
Justin Verlander decided to politely decline comment on the record this afternoon after reading Twins leadoff man Carlos Gomez's quotes about him in Monday's St. Paul Pioneer Press. If you didn't see it (it's still on the pioneerpress.com site), Gomez said he and Alexi Casilla kept faking bunts to agitate him on Sunday. From the article:
Verlander "is great pitcher," Gomez said, "but his mind is not good."
That's why the pair of Domincans kept faking bunts (though each actually did bunt in the third inning, both right back to Verlander for easy outs). "He be (angry) and then he try to throw too hard and then he throw (a) ball," Gomez said. "He throw many pitches and get (mad) and make a mistake for (Joe) Mauer or (Justin) Morneau. That's what I told Casilla — 'Me and you go to work on this guy and (mess) up his mind, and then Justin and Mauer get good opportunities to hit.' "
Sure enough, Verlander got angry, and he stared at Gomez when he came to the plate in the fifth inning. Gomez said he relished the confrontation, because it meant Verlander was focused more on him than on his pitching.
" 'Why you look at me like that? No, no, you no intimidate me,' " Gomez described of his reaction, which was to return the right-hander's glare. "I'm not a player you look at and my head (goes) down. Hell no, I look at you, too."
Gomez went on to say that he'll do the same thing the next time they face each other to agitate him, even though Verlander didn't exactly fall apart from it Sunday.
Verlander looked like he wanted to give a rebuttal Tuesday, but he decided better of it. Needless to say, though, there was some surprise in the Tigers clubhouse that someone with as little time in the Majors as Gomez would make such statements.
- Granderson, CF
- Joyce, LF
- Polanco, 2B
- Ordonez, RF
- Cabrera, 1B
- Guillen, DH
- Renteria, SS
- Rodriguez, C
- Inge, 3B
- Maicer Izturis, SS
- Gary Matthews Jr., DH
- Vladimir Guerrero, RF
- Garret Anderson, LF
- Torii Hunter, CF
- Casey Kotchman, 1B
- Jeff Mathis, C
- Brandon Wood, 3B
- Sean Rodriguez, 2B


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LOWELL, MI — Two ambulances were summoned to a blaze in Lowell to examine police and fire personnel at the scene who apparently suffered smoke inhalation, according to police dispatch reports.
Kent County dispatchers had few details about the blaze on the 700 block of Grindle Avenue SE, and could not offer a precise time that the fire was reported.
Multiple fire engines were at the scene attacking the fire, according to police dispatch reports. Police also were staging, and utility crews were summoned to the scene.
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07 Dec 2011
The whole "penalty for celebration" issue has gotten way out of hand. Now that it has trickled down to the high school level, someone has got to put a stop to it. Most recently, a story emerged that told of how a high school player who raised his fist in the air when he scored what could have been the winning touchdown was given an "unsportsmanlike conduct" penalty. Really? Officials are now expecting players to have "Vulcan-like" responses (i.e. no emotion whatsoever) to a very emotional game.
Athletes have been celebrating achievements since...well, since games were invented. In this age of Sharpies, cell phones and sombreros, that celebrating has crossed over into some silliness, but still really not penalty worthy. But because the "roll model" athletes have taken those steps and the NFL took issue with it, college and high school officials have blown the NFL rules out of proportion. Where will it end? As of now, the wide receiver who catches a touchdown pass is in danger of a penalty if he "celebrates excessively". But the quarterback who threw the perfectly placed 50 yard pass into coverage where only that wide receiver could have caught it is safe when he runs down the field with his arms in the air (or doing the discount double take) after that touchdown...for now. The running back who scampers in for a score is also in danger, but the linemen who opened the gaping hole in the defense are safe when they run into the end zone and lift that running back into the air...for now. Is there any less celebrating going on by the players who didn't have the ball in their hands when it crossed the goal line? How long will it be before the NFL, NCAA and high schools across the nation ban smiling after scoring?
So, here's where the line should be drawn. If a player does something to celebrate an achievement that causes a delay of the game or is intended to taunt the opposition on a personal level (i.e. flipping the ball at the opposing coach on the sideline), then go ahead and penalize them. If they do something for the sake of entertainment in a game...it is just a game, you know...then let them have all the emotion that the achievement deserves.
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I used to ba a season ticket holder at University of Colorado and you really get tied up in the emotion of the game. I now live in MA and saw this play.......what a shame. It seems like everything is regulated today.


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The marketing associate's primary responsibility is to serve as the conference coordinator for EBI MAP-Works and provide support and oversight to conferences, meetings and the marketing activities of the company. This role is also responsible for management of our annual MAP-Works User Conference and provides support to Marketing Director.Major Responsibilities:• Coordinate all aspects of EBI MAP-Works involvement in conferences and meetings throughout the year.• Manage conference registrations and materials, marketing and promotional items, advertising mailings and shipping• Keep Conference Tracking System (CTS) up-to-date for all conferences attended by EBI MAP-Works employees.• Oversee pre-conference logistics for annual conference including (signs, plaques, badges, registration packet materials etc.)• Manage all hotel/on-site logistics for annual conference and company meetings• Assist in managing staff participation in conferences• Manage post-conference activities• Process all conference and meeting related payments• Assist in monitoring conference budget• Maintain professional association memberships• Track and monitors annual advertising schedule in partner publications• Assist with social media marketing• Assist with marketing content and copyRequired Skills / Knowledge:• Maintain professional and positive demeanor• Proven accuracy and attention to detail• Demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills• Must be able to function as part of a team• Capable of setting priorities when multiple demands are present• Occasional travel required (15%)• Experience working in a fast-paced, detail-oriented roleExperience Needed:• Minimum of one year experience in a marketing role.Educational Background Required:• Bachelor's required; Degree in Marketing or Communications preferred.


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Scott Blais, the co-founder of The Elephant Sanctuary in TN is leaving the sanctuary effective November 30. What a shock! The elephants love him so......he has truly been the elephant whisperer...
This truly is a SHOCK ...
Whatever your new venture in life is Scott, I wish you all the luck and happiness in the World. You will be missed terribly by all the staff at TES including all of Our Beloved Elephants .... and us... with all our love
always and forever,
the Blu'AbbeyCat family
a sad day indeed is coming...
Awww, say it ain't so!
Thank you, Scott, for assisting with the 'dream'... a safe haven for elephants. I wish you well in the new chapter of your life.
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He did so much hard work for the elephants & put in long hours doing it. Most of all .... I hope he is ok.
And thank you Scott for teaching us all so much & taking such good care of all our beloved elephants. I have appreciatted it.
Much love & good wishes to you !!!!!!!
I'm sure all the animals will miss Scott's gentle kindness. They all loved him.
Where is Scott going to now?
I will be a little less diplomatic than most and just come out and say what I'm thinking. I wonder what really happened, after reading the post I can't help but wonder if there wasn't some major disagreement between him and Carol. Why else would you leave something so succesful and being a partner and such a important part for so long. The post really didn't say anything which is usaually when there is alot left unsaid. My best wishes to Scott in whatever he will be doing next with his many gifts and talents! Good luck and God bless you Scott.
Maybe he is ill ....
I would like to think that he is going somewhere to help the elephants even more. The USDA is getting so much publicity for what they are/aren't doing for the eles, that maybe they offered him a position.
Geez! Wow! This is a Shock! I agree with you John that we are not getting the whole story. What in the world does "It is now time to move ahead on my journey, enabling others to continue the work that has been started"? And Carole says "leadership transition" will not affect the animal care, what the heck? Do you think she really means it when she says "If you have further questions about this transition do not hesitate to contact me or Kate Elliot", cuz I sure do have "further questions.
I say, go for it, Eden. This certainly is shocking news and very sad news. I wish something could be done to prevent it from happening.
I think TES is trying to hire 3 new people to do Scott's job. They are trying to hire a curator, lead Asian elephant caregiver and operations manager which, I believe, were the hats that Scott wore.
Anybody hear anything new on this, I'm very curious.
Well, I am going to just ask the obvious. Were these two a couple?????? That would explain a lot. His departure seems really quick so something is up.
Instead of speculation about what is going on we should be grateful that he was there to work with the noble creatures. We should also wish Scott the best on his journey. Thank you Scott for your kindness and love of the eles.
What can one say about Scott that hasnt already been said. He has been such a force, wearing many hats, showing his many talents and his love. The sanctuary has been built, there will always be more to do, maintenance and some modifications here and there. But for the most part, the sanctuary is built. Everything needed to run an elephant sanctuary is in place. Carol and Scott have done a commendable job. He has given it his all, and deserves the respect of all of us to accept this change. It may take 3 people to fill Scotts position, and so be it. Scott wont be around forever, nor will Carol, I wish they could, but we all have a set time limit here. The sanctuary needs to learn how it will be operated after our era, and Scotts leaving is a baby step towards that. Change happens for a reason. Carol and Scott have created such a special place, a great sanctuary for elephants. He has earned the right for us to respect his decision and he does not need us meddling into his affairs. I thank Scott for his fine work in Tennessee.
I agree that only Scott can make the best decision for himself and his life's journey. He has done a phenomenal job helping to create this heaven on earth for elephants. It will be very hard to find people who will do what he did and as well as he did them. And he truly loves all the animals at the sanctuary. God bless you, Scott.
I simply cannot imagine TES without Scott!!
No speculation or gossip, just curious. He is a public figure and there are only two sanctuaries in the entire USA so some of us are curiuos as I am. It isn't that there are many places to go in his specialty and I can't believe that he wouldn't want to continue to use his talents with elephants. I don't want to start some war here as we all love elephants but there is a big difference in the philosophy between the way TES and PAWS are run and that's why I (we) wonder.
No one thinks you're trying to "start a war here", John. I certainly don't. It's normal to be curious about something like this. It's such a shock.
Wow, i have been away and just saw this ... TES without Scott is going to be really different... he was able to get the girls to be calm and take their footbaths and meds so gently.
Sooo many questions, so many emotions, I hope we hear something more soon.
Blessings for Scott, all affected and the eles
After a good deal of soul searching, I decided not to email Carole to ask any questions. Whatever has happened to cause Scott to make this decision has to have been very significant and I believe that if they don't want to say anything else about it at this time, we should just wait. I'm sure that when they've sorted it all out, they'll make an announcement. I'm also sure that Carole and Scott know that everyone is curious, and when the time is right, they'll tell us what they decide we need to know. I'm going to give this all the good energy that I can with hopes that he is going to do something even greater for the elephants, love your idea Cathy that maybe he's going to be a consultant for the USDA and if he was still working at TES that would be a conflict of interest. If that's not the case, I will just accept that this decision was not made lightly and wish him the very best in his future.
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John, I didn't know that TES and PAWS had different philosophies. Is it that PAWS allows some public interaction and TES pretty much does not? Would you please tell me more?
That is one difference, but PAWS prides itself as an animal rights group as well, while TES in its own words is a "soft option" for captive elephants.
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Announcement has been made of the engagement of Angela M. Orr and Thomas P. Height, both of Danville.
A Dec. 31 wedding at St. Boniface Catholic Church is being planned.
Orr is the daughter of Gale and John Orr, Ralston. She graduated from Canton Area High School in 1995 and received an associate degree in radiology from Pennsylvania College of Technology in 1998. She is employed by Geisinger Health System, Danville, as a CT scan technician.
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Height is the son of Anna Mae and Patrick Height, Nescopeck. He graduated from Berwick Area High School in 1998 and received a bachelor's degree in turfgrass science from Penn State University in 2002. He is employed by The Country Club of Scranton, Clarks Summit, as an assistant golf course superintendent.