Re: Transferring databases

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_exesolutions.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 08:40:51 -0800
Message-ID: <3E36B293.3072185B@exesolutions.com>

Jackie wrote:

> Hi!
> We are using Oracle 8i running on Windows 2000. We are planning to buy
> a new, more powerful server and transfer our database to this new
> system. What is the best way to achieve this transfer process? We will
> install a fresh copy of Oracle to the new server and import existing
> data from old server. Is export-import enough or a different procedure
> should be followed?
>
> thanks.

Depends on many things including how much data you are transferring. I would certainly consider export-import but also transportable tablespaces.

Daniel Moran Received on Tue Jan 28 2003 - 10:40:51 CST