Re: Gonig from NT4 to Unix platform +Oracle 7.3.3 to 8.1.6

Thanks for the advice. I am currently awaiting Unix training and receipt of Oracle for the Unix box [I believe Sun server has been specified] . Another thing that also occurs to me is, The Oracle database is to be located on the Unix box and the rest of the system consists on NT4 server/workstations and windows 95 and 98 clients running TCP/IP will there be any problems in this area that I need to be aware of. My own feelings are to keep everything NT/Windows based.

Thanks againg for any help/advice
Mick

Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message news:970412173.982.0.pluto.d4ee154e_at_news.demon.nl...
> You are not saying you, as a soon to be DBA, are going to perform the
> actual migration, do you? I would strongly advise *against* making those
 two
> changes at the same time, especially if you are not familiar with Unix,
 and
> if you are not familiar with DBA tasks. This looks like the perfect
 scenario
> to run into major disasters,as Oracle 8i is a major upgrade, and switching
> to Unix is a paradigm change
> If you still want to proceed, I strongly advise you to take at least a
 week
> to get familiar with Oracle on Unix, perform an install, create an empty
> database, and so on.
> I also strongly advise you to read to read and to read. Just 'starting
> somewhere' is the safest route to the scaffold in this case.
> If you are in the UK, you may want to hire guys like Jonathan Lewis and/or
> Connor McDonald. They probably aren't cheap but at least they know what
 they
> are doing.
>
> Regards,
>
> Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA
>
>
>
> "Michael Cooke" <mick_at_cook161.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:8r7ikl$11d$1_at_news5.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > My company have decided to go from our current NT 4.0 OS to Unis system
 at
> > the same time as upgrading from Oracle 7 to 8. Has anyone out there
 carried
> > out a similar exercise? and if so what (if any) problems can I expect to
> > encounter.
> > Does anyone have a project plan that they used and be willing to share
 with
> > me?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> > Mick soon to be DBA
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Sun Oct 01 2000 - 14:02:17 CDT