Re: impact aix 4.3.3. upgrade on oracle 7.3.4?

"Martijn Rutte" <opales_at_zonnet.nl> wrote in message news:80634782.0302200113.d84c39c_at_posting.google.com...
> Hi,
>
> Two questions:
>
> A)
> Does anyone have experience with recompiling an aix 4.3.3. 32 bit
> kernel to aix 4.3.3 64 bit kernel while running oracle 7.3.4 32 bit?
>
> What will be the impact on the Oracle system?
>
> Apart from full database and rootvg backups, do i have to take any
> precautions in order to still have oracle running (keeping it 32 bit!)
> after the upgrade?

Oracle 7.3.4 on AIX 64bit should work - have one running here on 4.3.3/IBM S7A

>
> B)
> Does anyone have experience with upgrading an aix 4.3.3. 32 bit server
> to aix 5.1 64 bit while running oracle 7.3.4 32 bit?
>
> What will be the impact on the Oracle system?
>
> Apart from full database and rootvg backups, do i have to take any
> precautions in order to still have oracle running (keeping it 32 bit!)
> after the upgrade?
>

7.3.4 will *not* run on AIX5L - it'll only run 8.1.7 32bit and/or 9.2.0 64bit (these
are also the only version supported by oracle) ... have *both* running on a p660 cluster with AIX 5.1

> Any help greatly appreciated,
>
> Martijn
Received on Thu Feb 20 2003 - 06:46:23 CST