Re: Cross platform migration between solaris & Linux on Z

Reference: MOS ID 1566352.1

On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 10:50 AM, Venkat Krish <venkat.lear_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, it might work..but the reason for this question is to understand
> rationale behind why Oracle support declared this as unofficial.
> I am not sure if its just sales pitch ( forcing us to use DG or RMAN) or
> just that they dont want to deal with issues beyond their core area.
>
> I have enough downtime. ( can even do this with all DBs & ASM instance
> completely shutdown).. wanted to know if this approach would consistently
> work. ( Of course I can try in a sandbox, but its better to ask someone who
> had already crossed this bridge, I thought)
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Regards
> Venkat
>
> On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Ls Cheng <exriscer_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> But Venkat talks about ASM
>>
>> TIA
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 2:22 PM, Mladen Gogala <gogala.mladen_at_gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 03/11/2016 03:04 AM, Ls Cheng wrote:
>>>
>>>> Mladen
>>>>
>>>> I have always have the doubt with SRDF and similar Technologies.
>>>>
>>>> Can you copy/replicate a Linux Lun (used by ASM) and simply mount it in
>>>> another OS? I think there might be problems because for example Linux Disk
>>>> Partitions is not the same as Solaris
>>>>
>>>
>>> Both Linux and Solaris support ZFS, the default file system for Solaris.
>>> Format should be exactly the same.
>>> Regards
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Mladen Gogala
>>> Oracle DBA
>>> Tel: (347) 321-1217
>>>
>>>
>>
>

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