Net8 Assistant offers the following new features:

Directory Naming Support

Network information can now be stored in a centralized LDAP-compliant directory server.

Client Connection Features

• Client Load Balancing--When more than one listener supports a service, a client can randomize requests to the various listeners

• Connect-Time Failover--When more than one listener supports a service, a client can be configured to fail over the client request to a different listener if the first listener fails.

Oracle8i database services are identified by a service name rather than an Oracle System Identifier (SID). This impacts the way connect descriptors are defined.

Listener

Oracle8i database instances register information with the listener during database startup. This eliminates the need to configure the listener.ora file with service information.

New Tree Structure

The navigator pane has a new tree structure.

See Also: Directory Naming Overview for an overview of directory naming Configure Multiple Address Options to configure client load balancing and connect-time failover features Listener Overview for an overview of the listener Tree Structure and Hierarchical Folders to understand the new tree structure