Re: moving 10GR2 from server 2003 32bit to server 2008 64 bit - best method?

From: GS <gs_at_gs.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:45:10 GMT
Message-ID: <a3bel.7100$Db2.6535_at_edtnps83>



hpuxrac wrote:
> On Jan 22, 4:56 pm, GS <g..._at_gs.com> wrote:

>> IIRC correctly an online (or cold) backup (user managed or rman) can't
>> be restored on a different platform, although I faintly recall before
>> 10G was released hearing that 10G datafiles were going to be platform
>> independent, but perhaps I misunderstood.
>>
>> Anyway, we are upgrading hardware on a 10GR2 database(windows 32b to
>> windows 64b), and am considering different options to move the data.
>> Other than transportable tablespaces (which I have never played with) am
>> I limited to exp/imp?
>>
>> thanks
> 
> IIRC HJR is crazy about oracle support and testing quality on windows
> 2008 ...

Care to expand on that? I though dizwell was down.. (will go have a look) Received on Thu Jan 22 2009 - 21:45:10 CST

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