Re: platform migration

Oradba Linux wrote:
> Move the db from hp-ux to Linux. It is about 2TB and i dont get more than 8
> hours of downtime. I want some opinions from this group about how to
> accomplish this. I can have the other db server ready months ahead ( without
> the data) but the existing server can not be down for more than 8 hours. I
> am looking for options to slowly move the data and do some kind of refreshes
> once in a while to keep them in sync.

Since you don't list the version I'll assume 10g.

Use Transportable tablespaces with RMAN and DataPump.

Shouldn't take very long if you have a fast network.

A good reference source is: http://caleb.com/dba/

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