Re: Standby and primary on different version of Solaris (7 and 8)

vafanassiev_at_aapt.com.au (Vsevolod Afanassiev) wrote in message news:<4f7d504c.0311192301.62ffbae1_at_posting.google.com>...
> Hi,
>
> I need to move production Oracle database (8.1.6.3.0)
> from one Solaris host to another with minimal outage.
> Both hosts have locally attached disks - no SAN.
> Using standby looks like a good idea:
> create standby on the target host, run it for a while,
> open a few times in read-only mode, test that
> everything is OK. When the times comes just
> shut down the primary site and activate
> standby.
>
> There is one problem: primary site is on Solaris 7
> while standby is on Solaris 8. Officially
> Oracle requires both OSes to be exactly the same.
> However in my view the differences between Solaris 7
> and Solaris 8 aren't that significant (not like
> HP-UX 10.20 and 11). What do you think, will it work?

The answer to this is irrelevant as Oracle Technical Support will drop the phone on you, as you don't meet their requirements.

Is there any serious reason which makes it impossible to do that 'minor' O/S upgrade?

Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA Received on Thu Nov 20 2003 - 04:45:25 CST