Ok, ok, I've done an upgrade.
- "Joseph S. Testa" <teci_at_oracle-dba.com> a écrit :
> ok i think a defintion of terms is in order:
>
> migration: going from one major version to another:
> 6.x -> 7.x or 7.x tro
> 8.x
> upgrade: going from minor version to another: 7.1
> -> 7.3 or 8.0 -> 8.1
>
> in case u dont believe me, right out of the oracle
> docs(8.1.6)
> Migration, Upgrading, and Downgrading
>
> Migration is the process of transforming an
> installed version of an Oracle
> database into a later version. For example,
> transforming an Oracle7
> database into an Oracle8i database is migrating the
> database.
>
> Upgrading is the process of transforming an Oracle
> database from an
> installed release into a later release of the same
> version. For example,
> transforming patch release 8.0.3 into patch release
> 8.0.4 is upgrading,
> and transforming an 8.0 maintenance release into an
> 8.1 maintenance
> release is upgrading.
>
>
> joe
>
>
>
>
> paquette stephane wrote:
>
> > I've done a migration from 8.1.5 to 8.1.6 on
> Solaris.
> > It went smoothly.
> > I reinstalled the "damned" Intermedia option and
> > rebuilt the Intermedia indexes.
> >
> > --- Cherie_Machler_at_gelco.com a écrit : > Is there
> some
> > sort of megapatch or patch bundle that
> > > can be downloaded to upgrade from 8.1.5 to
> 8.1.6?
> > >
> > > Is this a fairly simple upgrade that can be done
> > > sort
> > > of transparently to the users? Or is it a major
> > > upgrade
> > > that is more appropriate to be done with a CD
> and
> > > a regular upgrade maintenance window of a day or
> > > two of system downtime?
> > >
> > > TIA,
> > >
> > > Cherie
> > >
> > >
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