Re: platform migration

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 19:24:21 -0800
Message-ID: <1111375254.934633@yasure>

Oradba Linux wrote:

> "DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message
> news:1111080920.214403_at_yasure...
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>>Oradba Linux wrote:
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>>>Move the db from hp-ux to Linux. It is about 2TB and i dont get more

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> than 8
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>>>hours of downtime. I want some opinions from this group about how to
>>>accomplish this. I can have the other db server ready months ahead (

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> without
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>>>the data) but the existing server can not be down for more than 8 hours.

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> I
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>>>am looking for options to slowly move the data and do some kind of

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> refreshes
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>>>once in a while to keep them in sync.
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>>Since you don't list the version I'll assume 10g.
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>>Use Transportable tablespaces with RMAN and DataPump.
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>>Shouldn't take very long if you have a fast network.
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>>A good reference source is: http://caleb.com/dba/
>>-- 
>>Daniel A. Morgan
>>University of Washington
>>damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
>>(replace 'x' with 'u' to respond)

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> Thanks for the answer. But we are oracle 9i

Then TTS are out. I'd be inclined to make a copy and upgrade in place.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
(replace 'x' with 'u' to respond)

Received on Sun Mar 20 2005 - 21:24:21 CST