Re: Migrate Oracle Apps and OS at same time???

From: Knut Talman <knut.talman_at_mytoys.de>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 21:27:10 +0200
Message-ID: <3CC4640E.8000806@mytoys.de>

>>Anybody out there did the migration of apps(for example, 10.7 to 11i
>>or whatsoever) and OS (for example, SUN to HP or whatsoever) at the
>>same time???
>>
>>What's the best way to do it(for example, first clone the old version
>>on the new OS or ...)

>
> Oracle Apps is in my experience just a big can of worms and the most
> buggy product Oracle ever has sold, especially if you needed to
> convert to the Euro.
> So I would upgrade first Oracle Apps to make sure all issues I run
> into are caused by the application software, provided your
> installation is stable now. If you first crossgrade from SUN to HP,
> Apps seem to run, and afterwards you upgrade Apps, you might run into
> vendors accusing each other of causing the problem.

Full ACK, never do two (or even more) migrations in one step. I can tell you some stories what can happen if you try...

Regards,

Knut Received on Mon Apr 22 2002 - 14:27:10 CDT