Re: Installing 8 software on machine running 7 instance

Uwe.
Thanks. I remember being able to do so before, but another dba wanted me to double check just in case.
You are right, alls that needs to be done, is a different ORACLE_HOME and SID need to be set. It won't even look at the other instance. :-)

Uwe Schneider wrote:

> Hi sb!
>
> sb wrote:
> >
> > We need to install Oracle 805 on a machine (solaris 2.6) with an
> > existing install and instance running 7.3; does the 7.3 instance need
> > to be shut down for proper relinking fo the 8 install?
> > We would like to be able to just change the environment variables for
> > the 8.0.5 installation, but are unsure whether it's possible.
>
> As far as I understand Oracle it is absolutely not necessary to
> manipulate your existing 7.3 instance. Just provide a different
> ORACLE_HOME and a different ORACLE_SID and everything should be fine.
>
> Uwe
>
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Received on Fri Mar 19 1999 - 17:53:22 CST