Re: Upgrading 7.3.4 to 9.2.0.1: dbua won't see old db

don_at_seiler.us (Don Seiler) wrote in
news:94e86aed.0303040738.6dbd42a0_at_posting.google.com:

> I'm currently running Oracle 7.3.4.5 on HP-UX. I have the test
> instance up and running like normal. The ORACLE_HOME is
> /u00/app/oracle/product/7.3.4
>
> I then set ORACLE_HOME to /u00/app/oracle/product/9.2.0 and install
> Oracle 9.2.0.1 into that directory. I try to run dbua during install
> and after install but both times it doesn't see the 7.3.4 database.
> Am I not supposed to change the ORACLE_HOME env var before installing
> 9.2.0 into it's own "home"?
>
> PS for the record I am following the migration/upgrade instructions
> here:
> http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96530/upg
> rade.htm
>
> But it doesn't specify if/when to change the ORACLE_HOME variable nor
> does it list any instructions for my particular situation, which is
> probably caused by my fumbling anyway.
>
> Don.
>

The problem is that the "new version" is not finding the existing copy of oratab file. Received on Tue Mar 04 2003 - 20:32:38 CST