Re: Upgrading

Pete's wrote:

> I think you're making a mountain out of a mole hill here. Upgrading
> the database is easy. However, there are certain steps you need take
> depending on what options you have installed on the database and are
> using, for instance, oracle JVM loaded into the db.
>
> Check out technet.oracle.com or metalinks, there's docs in there that
> give you step by step instruction on what to do for upgrading the
> database. At a very high level, this is what you need to do:
>
> 1. Determine the options you have installed on the OS
> 2. Load the new version, 8.1.7, in a different oracle home, btw,
> follow the IG(that's Installation Guide).
> 3. Determine what's used in the DB, jvm, AQ, etc....
> 4. Convert the database, this is simple, one script is run.
> 5. Upgrade the jvm and other options in the DB.
>
> This is more or less cookbook upgrading from 8.1.6 to 8.1.7. I also
> suggest you do you upgrade to a test instance before doing a
> production one. Check out technet.
>
>
> HTH
> Pete's

0. execute a cold backup and full export of the database and all configuration files, including an export of the registry before modifying either the database or the Oracle server binaries.

6. be prepared to roll back the entire upgrade.

that will help.

Paul Received on Sat Mar 23 2002 - 22:35:38 CST