Re: upgrade from 7.3.4 to 8.0.5

It's also a good idea to make sure your system tablespace has plenty of space. Give it 250M, if you haven't already.

Van

Joe D <joed_at_icoms.com> wrote in message news:387a08e1$1_at_News.Destek.net...
> Thank you Sarah for you input and tips.
>
> Joe
> s. hunter <sarahxhunter_at_NOSPAMTHANX.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:3879FB89.A8A97561_at_NOSPAMTHANX.hotmail.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > The main problems I ran into when doing a migration from 7.3.3 to 8.0.5
> (sgi
> > IRIX) were of my own creation! Remember to move your redo logs and
other
> files
> > which reside in the 7.3.4 ORACLE_HOME to the new 8.0.5. I also had a
> weird
> > permissions problem, but I think that was a unix problem (I had rsh -ed
> instead
> > of rlogin) and not an oracle one.
> >
> > Other tips: ensure that the "compatible" parameter in your init.ora
file
> is
> > commented out. and definitely do a cold backup of your database and the
> 7.3.4
> > ORACLE_HOME before you start. Other than that, if you follow the
> migration
> > manual it is pretty simple.
> >
> > Incidentally, I chose migration because my database was huge and would
> have
> > taken a long time to export!
> >
> > Sarah
> >
> > Joe D wrote:
> >
> > > Hi
> > > We'll soon be upgrading a couple of production instances
(different
> > > systems) from 7.3.4
> > > to 8.0.5. I was wondering what type(s) of problems other dba's may
have
> run
> > > into during
> > > a upgrade. We are running Solaris 2.6 on both platforms. Are they any
> know
> > > issues that I
> > > should look out for? Also, should I look at a migration vs.
> export/import
> > > method?
> > >
> > > TIA,
> > >
> > > Joe D
> >
>
>
Received on Mon Jan 10 2000 - 17:49:35 CST