Re: Migration from 8.1.7.4 to 9.2.0.3 on Solaris

"JustAnotherDBA" <burttemp1REMOVE_THIS_at_bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:mYLma.11526$Xp1.10407_at_fe08.atl2.webusenet.com...
> Wanting to justify (to others-mostly manager/supervisors and developers) a
> migration this year of several Oracle 8.1.7 (and 8.1.6) databases to 9iR2
> (9.2.0.3 or latest). I plan on doing more research (reading the manuals
for
> one), but there is a meeting tomorrow that I know this will come up in :)
> and I need something quickly.
>
> Our client side is mostly W2K with 8.1.7 client installed.
>
> Our DB servers are all Solaris 8 with lots of memory, cpu, and disks.
>
> Also, as part of this upgrade I plan on moving to LMT and away from DMT
> (actually already doing this for new apps in 8.1.7 and 8.1.6).
>
> A couple of things come to mind for this justification, but I was
> wondering/hoping someone else could contribute to this:
> - 8.1.7 is being de-supported 12-31-2003 - I know we still get EAS and
just
> lose ECS for 3 more years, but this one would probably goes well with
> Mangers.
> - Lots of good things in 9i that I know as a DBA I like, some are noted in
> document on Metalink
>

http://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_datab
> ase_id=NOT&p_id=223724.1
>

The developers' preferences are unlikely to influence the bosses.

Mention desupport as you say, and emphasize *security vulnerabilities which can only be fixed by upgrading*. This always scares them sh*tless.

The developers will be happy anyway, since you've now obtained the approval to upgrade. So now everyone is your friend.

No-one in authority takes the time or trouble to understand the technical issues in any case, so just play the game. In case this worries your conscience; relax: it's actually in the best interests of the company anyway.

Sorry for the rant.

Regards,
Paul Received on Tue Apr 15 2003 - 16:14:24 CDT