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Dont include the database files to be scanned by any antivirus software as that may corrupt the files. Since both antivirus and the database files may be in use at the same time. So better exclude the database files directory from antivirus scanning. Rest you can scan any other files/folders/drives no issues.

Also, don't have an email client or any other common attack vectors on the machine.

Hello,
As i think that Oracle database have some files that are not acceptable by anti-viruses. i saw many anti-virus delete many files or change something so that they stop working. so yes do not scan files with anti-viruses.

good luck!!


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Edited by: laylaa on Apr 28, 2011 11:09 AM

When anti-virus (AV) programs are configured to scan Oracle-related files e.g. control files, database files, temp files, etc in Windows they sometimes prevent Oracle from writing to it when it needs to, resulting in errors like the following (and causing the Oracle instance to crash):

ORA-00206: error in writing (block 3, # blocks 1) of control file
ORA-00202: control file: 'C:\ORADB\PROD\CONTROL2\CONTROL2.ORA'
ORA-27072: File I/O error
OSD-04008: WriteFile() failure, unable to write to file

If AV simply MUST be installed in a Oracle server for reasons beyond your control, it is highly recommended that all the Oracle-related files be excluded from the scanning.

What an utterly alien concept.. having to run anti-virus s/w on a database server!

McAfee is one option. But it is patching the symptoms of a problematic o/s.

There is however a better option. More secure. And less expensive. It is called Linux.

And unlike Windows, it is used as o/s by over 90% of the 500 biggest and fastest computer clusters in the world. Which kinds of ask the question - why would some still want to use Windows as a server o/s for running non-Microsoft software that is not locked into the Windows o/s? When there is a proven and better alternative?