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"Paul Brewer" <paul_at_paul.brewers.org.uk> wrote in message
news:3e9c7f77_3_at_mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com...
> "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.
I couldn't help but laugh :)
But, seriously, thank you. I will make sure to use that one too!
>
> The developers will be happy anyway, since you've now obtained the
approval
> to upgrade. So now everyone is your friend.
Good point.
>
> 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.
>
That's true too. But, they also don't want to hear about any
downtime/problems because of the migration!
I will, of course, test as many apps as possible before migrating, or at
least the "hot" ones.
> Sorry for the rant.
>
> Regards,
> Paul
>
>
>
Received on Tue Apr 15 2003 - 19:28:58 CDT
