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Re: 8.1.5 upgrade paths to 10.2.x

From: z b <zimsbait_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:53:02 -0400
Message-ID: <5b1f2b700710151253i236c2a54o40ed703932d28374@mail.gmail.com>


To "parallelize" you could use limit the dump files to, say, 500MB dump files. (filesize parameter)

Ftp the files and start the import while the export is still running.

Of course - test a couple of times before actually scheduling. :)

On 10/15/07, development_at_the-playground.de <development_at_the-playground.de> wrote:
> Hello group!
>
> I have got a tricky problem at hand - migrate an Oracle 8.1.5 on Solaris
> 7 database to 10.2.0.x on AIX. The problem here is that I am not allowed
> much downtime. Having started with Oracle 8i I am not too sure how that
> can be done. Obviously to get from 8.1.5 I have to go to 8.1.7 first, a
> direct update is supported which is good. I am thinking of a new Oracle
> home on the same machine, copying the database and migrating it.
>
> From there on I don't see any other way than exp/imp using pipes for
> faster processing. It is a bit of a mystery how I can keep the downtime
> low, the database is some 60GB in size btw.
>
> Thanks for any input on this,
>
> Martin
>
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