Re: Upgrade Issues for Solaris 2.6 --> 7 or 8?

I know from experience <g> that you can't move the Oracle 8.1.7 binaries from Solaris 2.7 or 2.8 to 2.6, as the Solaris libraries changed, at least in part to support of 64 bits. I'm not sure if the reverse is true, but its likely. And you can't just relink, evidently there are different object (.o) files and/or makefiles that Oracle installs.

Once the Oracle software is installed correctly, you *should* be able to bring up the existing DB files ok. (check back with me in a couple days when I finish the OS upgrade!)

-Peter

hboswel1_at_bellsouth.net wrote:
>
> We're running Oracle 8.1.7 on several Sun Solaris 2.6 boxes.
> They've been stable for a couple of years now, but I'm thinking
> maybe it's time to upgrade the OS. Are there any issues with running 8i on
> either Solaris 7 or 8? Are there issues concerning the OS upgrade that I
> need to be aware of?
>
> Thanks,
> Harry Boswell
Received on Wed Feb 13 2002 - 13:15:56 CST