Re: Migrating W2K to RHEL

"Sybrand Bakker" <gooiditweg_at_sybrandb.verwijderdit.demon.nl> wrote in message news:i219l0pja6jhb596frfitlgj6kpbhcqohv_at_4ax.com...
> On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 19:17:26 GMT, Janos Makadi <maki_at_freemail.hu>
> wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>We want to upgrade our 9i to 10g, and during this we would like to
>>switch the OS from W2K server to RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 ES.
>>
>>Does anybody has any experience with this? I mean we made things like
>>this before, but the only working solution to do the OS switch is the
>>import/export, which is very slow. Is there any tricks or techiques to
>>speed up this process, or somebody know any other solution?
>>
>>Thanks in advance,
>>
>>Janos Makadi
>>Hungary
>
>
> As this is a platform swap, export/import is your only option.
> This method is not necessarily 'very slow' provided you don't run with
> the default parameters.
> There used to be an article on Connor Mc Donalds site,
> http://oracledba.co.uk with tips to speed up (primarily) import. On
> 10g, according to Oracle, import is alos faster.
>
>
> --
> Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

you upgrade your windows to 10g and then use transportable tablespaces or use datapump Received on Fri Sep 24 2004 - 16:02:16 CDT