Re: Data Synchronization between 9iEE and 8iEE

From: <sybrandb_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 23 Sep 2004 07:28:20 -0700
Message-ID: <a1d154f4.0409230628.3c1329ce@posting.google.com>

krislioe_at_gmail.com (xtanto) wrote in message news:<e1c9bd55.0409222308.221eceb7_at_posting.google.com>...
> Hi Gurus,
>
> We have two Oracle server : 9i EE on AIX and 8i EE on Linux. And we
> plan to utilize the 8i box as Backup Server / Standby server.
> The backup server must be (automatically or 'almost' automatically UP
> and the primary goes down)
>
> Is it possible without buying additional option/features of the Oracle
> RDBMS ?
> How can we do that ?
>
> Thank you for any help,
> tanto

You can't use it as a standby server. The standby mechanism requires identical sw,and also identical platforms (or you must set up logical standby)

Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA Received on Thu Sep 23 2004 - 09:28:20 CDT