Re: upgrading 7.3.4 to ???

I agree with Brian. We recently migrated from 7.3.4 to 8.1.7 with no problem. We took the opportunity because we were upgrading the database server from a puny Solaris box to a nice big one. We used export/import to do it. Worked great, no problems. At the time, 9.0.1 wasn't available, but even had it been, it's still too new, and we didn't want to jump from 7 all the way to 9.
  Diana

Brian Peasland wrote:
>
> > General question: if you wore my hat, will you move to 8.1.7 or will you
> > jump
> > directly to 9.0.1?
>
> I'd go to 8.1.7, not 9.0.1. Most people that I know didn't trust 8.0.x
> until at least 8.0.4 if not 8.0.5! 9.0.1 is still too new and the bugs
> are being shaken out more and more every day. So unless you need
> features specific to 9.0.1, then I'd wait on that for a while.
>
> > higher 9.0.x release? On the other hand, do you think that 8.1.7 will
> > continue to live for a while or do you think that it will be desupported
> > before the end of 2001?
>
> 8.1.7 will be around for a while. I'm not sure when it will be
> desupported, but I seriously doubt it will be until sometime after Jan
> 1, 2002.
>
> > Another important item: assuming that 8.1.7 is able to read 7.3.4 export
> > files, can I make the same assumption for 9i? Otherwise I don't know how
> > to migrate data.
>
> Yes, you can make the same assumption. The other way to migrate your
> data is with the MIG utility (or ODMA tool). But since you are moving to
> a new platform at the same time, then exp/imp is the logical choice!
>
> HTH,
> Brian
Received on Fri Jul 20 2001 - 14:09:34 CDT