Re: Upgrade from Oracle 7.3 to 9i and migrate from HPUX to Linux

From: Paul Brewer <paul_at_paul.brewers.org.uk>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 21:07:42 +0100
Message-ID: <3d58adeb$1_1@mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com>

"Don Seiler" <don.seiler_at_cellcom.com> wrote in message news:d9bd959f.0208121041.73a671a3_at_posting.google.com...
> Alright so I definitely won't try to do a simultaneous switch.
>
> This brings up the next question: would you recommend doing the
> version upgrade first and then the platform change, or do the platform
> change first and then the version upgrade. The question may be moot
> since I can't find Oracle 7.x for linux anyway.
>
> So assuming I will be doing the version upgrade first and then the
> platform change, is exp/imp the recommended way to load the data onto
> the new platform?

FWIW, that's the route I'd choose, time permitting. But I'd also do the platform change and the version upgrade together, provided I had time to test, test, test before doing it in production. So perhaps I'm in a minority, given previous answers.

Good luck, whatever route you decide to choose.

Regards,
Paul Received on Mon Aug 12 2002 - 15:07:42 CDT