Oracle 7.2.3 ELF is available for Dynix/ptx 4.1.2. Its been available
for about 6 months. We ran Oracle 7.1.6 COFF under Dynix/ptx 4.1.0 for
several months as well. Check with Sequent to see if COFF is still
supported under ptx 4.1.3.
In article <4tdbpv$lsj_at_news.cic.net>, jwright_at_phish.nether.net says...
>
>Oracle says: only Oracle 7.2.3 COFF is supported on ptx 4.1.x.
>
>So, if you are running something earlier than 7.2.3, upgrade to the
>newer COFF version, the perform OS upgrade.
>
>-Joshua Wright jwright_at_nether.net
>
>kneubaue_at_standard.com wrote:
>
>: > From: john_at_americantv.com. (John Bechtel) : > Newsgroups:
>comp.databases.oracle,comp.sys.sequent : > Subject: Upgrade issues --
>COFF & ELF : > : > We are currently running Dynix/ptx 2.1.2 on a Sequent
>S2000, with several : > Oracle databases all running 7.1.6. We plan to
>upgrade to ptx 4.1.3 within : > the next few weeks. : > : > Problem:
>ptx 2.1.2 is COFF format, 4.1.3 is ELF format. : > Oracle
>DB's are alsi COFF format. : > : > Question: Is it possible to run a
>COFF based database on an ELF based OS? : > If so, what needs
>to be done to accomplish this, if anything? : > Are there
>parameters to set, patches required, etc? : > : > Oracle support
>assured me that this can not be done. I find this hard to : > believe.
>Any and all help will be appreciated. : > Please email me directly with
>responses, as I don't often get a chance to : > read the newsgroups. I
>will post a summary of all responses received.
>
>: YES you can run a COFF based database on an ELF based system, : we are
>doing it, no problems. The basic thing you have to : remember is to set
>the variable OBJ_FORM=COFF;export OBJ_FORM : for the Oracle user id. And
>make sure that the ROOT id variable : set to ELF. But this is really a
>NO-BRAINER.
>
>: We took our existing db binarys and just dump/restored them : onto our
>4.1.x platform.
>
>: We plan on moving to the same version, but ELF based binary : of the
>DB later this year.
>
>: Ken Neubauer : Standard Insurance Co.
>
Received on Thu Aug 01 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST
