Re: 8.1.6 to 8.1.7 upgrade

For the record, this isn't a migration, it's an upgrade.

A migration is changing your database to a new version.

An upgrade is a new release.

8.1.6 -> 8.1.7 is a new release, and an upgrade according to Oracle.

Migrations imply much more work than an upgrade.

Jared

On Thursday 19 July 2001 11:05, michael_siebert_at_pipeline.com wrote:
> Take a look at the Oracle 8i Mogration Guide, part number A86632-01
> (available on Technet). In particular, review all the steps in Chapter 7.
> You can either have the installer do the migration for you, or do it
> manually. I just did a migration from 8.1.6 to 8.1.7.1.3 on NT 4 Sp6a
> following the instructions in the document above and had no issues. FWIW,
> I followed the manual path ;-)
>
> Best of Luck!
> Mike
>
> ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com wrote:
> > We are about to do an 'emergency' upgrade from 8.1.6 to 8.1.7 on NT
> > 4.0.Since this is the first time we are doing this on NT, I am wondering
> > if
>
> anybody on the list who has been there, done that, and let us know what
> kind of caveats we might run into or just outline the steps we should go
> through. I know Oracle provide a GUI tool for this but I don't know if it's
> that reliable.
>
> TIA
>
> Dennis Meng
> Database Administrator
> Focal Communications
> 847-954-8328

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