Re: OPS raw devices questions

From: Dirk Kiehne <dirk_at_liberate.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 18:06:08 GMT
Message-ID: <3B6996ED.EF5EBFFF@liberate.com>

JimmyN1 wrote:
>
> Q: -What about migrating the database from the existing (filesystem) to new
> (raw) environment. Is there any way easier than exporting and re-importing at
> the Oracle level?
>
> A: i'm assuming you're currently on 32bit oracle? to migrate to OPS you need
> to be 64bit oracle. you'll need to just shutdown your 32 bit. Install 64 bit.
> boot up from 64 bit engine. do a 32 to 64 bit word conversion. then do a
> cooked file to raw conversion. The convert to parallel server.
>

All valid advice except for this. OPS specifically calls for 32 bit Solaris
and 32 bit Oracle. I had installed 64 bit Solaris and had to modify nvram to
regress back to 32 bit.

-Dirk Received on Thu Aug 02 2001 - 13:06:08 CDT