Re: Upgrading 10.1.0.4 (on Solaris SPARC 64-bit) to 10.2

From: Matthias Hoys <idmwarpzone_NOSPAM__at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 22:13:32 +0200
Message-ID: <4328846b$0$30609$ba620e4c@news.skynet.be>

"hpuxrac" <johnbhurley_at_sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:1126617523.933945.278940_at_g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Yes Umberto the approach you noted could be useable by some people in
> some environments.
>
> However, if something unusual happens you have introduced a dependency
> between the procedures for falling back the database conversion that
> includes a recovery of the un-installed software.
>
> For many people, that kind of dependency might not be acceptable.
>
> Additionally, if you have more than one database instance on a unix
> host ( not unusual at all ) your scenario implies that you need to
> convert all of them at the same time. This again might not be
> acceptable to some people.
>
> If you have separate oracle homes ( more space needs of course ) these
> complications can be minimized.
>

Correct, more space is needed, but we are talking about some gigabytes here. I would install the new software in parallel on the server in another Oracle home. Received on Wed Sep 14 2005 - 15:13:32 CDT