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Your binaries will be out of sync with the ora-inventory ... this means that
every time you want to install something
through oracle installer you'll be screwed ...
"Sharkie" <sharkdba_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I have two Oracle 8i servers running on two Sun Sparc Solaris boxes.
> One is 8.1.6 the other one 8.1.7
> 8.1.6 is currently not in use by anyone, and I'd like to upgrade it
> to 8.1.7. Can I do this upgrade by copying certain files over from
> the 8.1.7 box? It seems doable, but since I've never done it this way,
> and this box will be used in production environment, I want to be sure,
> there are no hidden problems with this solution.
>
> The two boxes are networked together, so communication is no problem.
Received on Fri Feb 22 2002 - 15:29:11 CST