Re: Upgrade from 8.0.5 to 9iR2 on AIX 4.3.3

Rauf,

I would recommend that you goto the latest patchset for AIX 4.3.3 which is Oracle 9.2.0.3.0 rather than 9.2.0.1.0 and secondly make sure the latest O/S patches are applied to your server or else you will have problems installing Oracle 9.2.

By the way you need to be on Oracle 8.0.6 to do a direct upgrade to 9.2.

HTH Roger.

"Rauf Sarwar" <rs_arwar_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:92eeeff0.0304141425.352b8950_at_posting.google.com...
> OS: AIX 4.3.3
> Upgrade From: 8.0.5.2.1 (EE)
> Upgrade To: 9.2.0.1.0 (EE)
>
> Here is a short version of my upgrade plan. I would be interested to
> know of any gotchas if someone has done any of the following,
>
> 1) Install 920 on top of 805 in a second home.
> 2) Upgrade 805 [Production] to 920 [Test] via Export/Import.
> 3) Verify upgrade.
> 4) If verification successfull,
> a) Get a fresh Export of 805 [Production].
> b) Shutdown 805 [Production].
> c) Create an empty 920 [Production].
> d) Import 805 [Production] to 920 [Production].
> e) If successfull,
> i) Switch users to 920 [Production].
> ii) Retire 805 [Production] and uninstall 805.
> Else
> i) Startup 805 [Production] and goto step 2.
> 5) Else
> a) Goto step 2.
>
> BTW... Direct upgrade is not an option due to various business
> constraints. Please be specific to AIX 4.3.3
>
> TIA
>
> Regards
> /Rauf Sarwar
Received on Tue Apr 15 2003 - 06:40:27 CDT