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Create directory on a file server - use mapped drive or UNC path - What is the best practice for Ora

edited Mar 14, 2013 1:47AM in Database Administration (MOSC) 2 commentsAnswered

Hello, All.

What is the best practice for Oracle in regards to directory paths when creating an Oracle directory for Oracle 11.2.

If we want to write to a server that is not the database server, should we use a mapped drive to the server from the datatabase server or use a UNC path when we create the directories?

A few internal employees do not think Oracle supports UNC paths due to the following metalink document:

Metalink Note 261822.1

 

"UNC notations are disallowed due to security risks. This restriction was introduced in 9.2 and the corresponding documentation will be updated to express this limitation."

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