RE: SGI to AIX conversion

Hi Chuck,
Do you happen to have (or can get) 7.3.4 on AIX? If the IRIX files can be used on AIX, then you could just run the cat7304 sql to bring the db to 7.3.4 level and them perform the migration to 8i. I don't think migration to 8i (via Migration utility) is possible without doing the prep work with the db running under 7.x version. Other than using exp/imp, that is.

Regards,

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Hamilton [SMTP:chuck_hamilton_at_yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 7:45 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Re: SGI to AIX conversion
>
> The problem with doing it that way is that 7.3.3 is no longer available
> for AIX (or any other platform for that matter), and that's what we're
> running on IRIX. My thought was that if you're able to open 7.3.3 files
> with an 8.1.7 instance all on the same box, and if the file formats are
> compatible between unix systems, shouldn't I be able to open copies of
> 7.3.3 IRIX files on an 8.1.7 AIX instance?
>
> "Thater, William" <ThaterW_at_telergy.net> wrote:
>
>
> Chuck Hamilton wrote:
> >
> > We need to move a 700g Oracle DW from SGI IRIX64 (SGI's 64 bit
> unix)
> > to AIX and upgrade it from 7.3.3 to 8.1.7 at the same time. Anyone
> got
> > any suggestions on how to do this quickly? I'd rather only use
> exp/imp
> > as a last resort because it'll be so slow.
>
> ifn it was me, i'd move the database first and then do the upgrade.
> lessen your chances of failure.;-) if you're keeping the mount
> points
> the same, you can just shutdown, copy everything over, and startup.
> then do the upgrade from there. that worked for me last time i did a
> move from HP-UX to Solaris. YMMV and all that rot.
>
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