Re: Oracle 7 and tools on Solaris 8

What Kevin is saying is that Oracle7 *was* certified. Therefore, it *has* been tested and proven by Oracle. Whether it is supported or not, *today* is a different question.

Yannick is running 7.3.4 on Solaris 2.5.1 When he upgrades the OS to Solaris 8, he would still need to be able to startup the 7.3.4 database using the 7.3.4 ORACLE_HOME. He needs to know if 7.3.4 was *certified*. Why do you think information on older releases is still available on MetaLink ?
You're probably one of the handful of people who run nothing lower than 9iRelease2 on Solaris8 with the latest patchset.

Yannick,
1. Oracle7 7.3.4 was certified all the way upto Solaris 8. In fact, it is currently under EMS [you have to pay extra to get Extended Maintenance Support] till 31-Dec-2002 and EAS [free, under your regular Maintenance Contract] till 31-Dec-2003.
2. Reports 2.5.5.4.0 is part of Developer 1.3.2 Base Release [ie, without any patchsets]. This was certified only upto Solaris 2.5.1
3. Forms 4.5.7.1.2 is also part of Developer 1.3.2 Base Release. This, as per the Developer 1.3.2 certification, was certified as high as Solaris 2.5.1

Hemant

"Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message news:ug0foiq1lihka0_at_corp.supernews.com...
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> "Kevin Grant" <X.Tenag_at_znvyobk.th.rqh.nh> wrote in message
> news:Xns92268D42A4269KGRANTBNEQLDAU_at_132.234.250.31...
> > Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in
> > news:lhavfukcjhnlk8onva2av2u118hlo88kum_at_4ax.com:
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> > > On Thu, 6 Jun 2002 09:59:25 +0200, "Yannick GUILLOUX"
> > ><yannick.guilloux_at_hexalis.fr> wrote:
> > >
> > >>Hello,
> > >>
> > >>I have to migrate a system from Solaris 2.5.1 to Solaris 8.
> > >>Actually the system is running Oracle 7.3.4.0.1, Forms 4.5.7.1.2 and
> > >>reports 2.5.5.4.0.
> > >>Are these versions supported on Solaris 8, are they working fine ?
> > >>Does anybody had any experience on this kind of migration (what are
> > >>the issues,...).
> > >>
> > >>Thanks in advance for any help.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > > All the software you mention has been desupported on *all* platforms
> > > and I'm sure 7.3.4 was never certified against Solaris 8.
> >
> > From Oracle's Certification Matrix for Sun SPARC Solaris:
> >
> > Enterprise Edition 7.3.4: 2.4 - Yes, 2.5.x - Yes, 2.6 - Yes, 2.7 - Yes,
> > 2.8 - Yes (Terminal Release 7.3.4.5)
> >
> > Forms and Reports you would have to check.
> >
> > --
> > Kevin Grant
> > X.Tenag_at_znvyobk.th.rqh.nh - ROT13
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>
> Please don't try to be smart.
> Oracle 7.3.4 has been desupported on December 31, 2000
> Please do not provide certification info without looking up desupport
info.
>
> --
> Sybrand Bakker
> Senior Oracle DBA
>
> to reply remove '-verwijderdit' from my e-mail address
>
> Regards
>
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>
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Received on Mon Jun 10 2002 - 09:59:18 CDT