We stop the databases, but leave the filesystem mounted. We've had the filer panic and reboot with everything up and running with no problems, but it's not something we'd do on purpose.

My .02,
Jeff Mery, MCP
National Instruments

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Ambrose_Earle@shamrockfoods.com
Sent by: owner-toasters@mathworks.com

10/22/2003 05:50 PM

To: <toasters@mathworks.com>
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Subject: Filer upgrades

Just a poll to see who attempts to disconnect/unmount every possible client (server) before attempting a DataONTAP upgrade and who types download; reboot.

Does anyone leave their Oracle databases mounted via NFS over UDP up the whole time?