Re: Installing 9i on Solaris 8 box with pre-existing 8i failing

On 24 Aug 2004 09:33:59 -0700, will_lungo_at_hotmail.com (Bigwill) wrote:

>Greetings,
>
>I am attempting to install a 9i database with an exsisting 8i database
>on a solaris 8 sparc 64bit box. At the installer , I have selected a
>different location than 8i for the install path. The source is set to
>where the install files are copied. (not a cd install). The
>destination is set to /usr/app/Oracle9.2.0.1.0/. ( 8i is installed in
>/usr/app/oracle/8.1.7/) After I select the server install, the install
>app quits without any errors. I am installing a seperate version vs
>upgrading it, because I will be using a 3rd party vendor app to create
>the new table spaces and migrate my data. I will then uninstall 8i.
>any help would be appreciated. thanks.

With that few scanty details it is difficult to tell what you are doing wrong. You don't tell for instance, whether you have set up 2 different Oracle homes (which you need to do), or whether you are simply overriding the existing 8.1.7 Oracle_home with the 9.2 details.

All installs are logged. The actual log file name is shown to you when the installation starts. I guess you need to look into the installation log file to check out what is going wrong.

Having 2 different installs on 1 system is perfectly possible as long as they are in different oracle_homes

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Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA