Migration Doubt

[gnagesh]

Hi

We need to upgrade Oracle 7.3.3 from a AIX(4.2.1) machine to Oracle 8i(8.1.7) on a different AIX(4.3.3) machine. We have installed 8i on the AIX(4.3.3) machine.

I have cold backup of Oracle 7.3.3. Can I rcp these files to AIX(4.3.3) machine, and then recreate the control files, to change the file locations, and then migration using odma utility from 8.1.7?

Please advice.

Thanks in Advance

[paulosekutty]

You can user either migration assistant

or migration utility ( go through the oracle documentation)


migration assistant is easy to handle

[gnagesh]

Originally posted by paulosekutty
You can user either migration assistant

or migration utility ( go through the oracle documentation)


migration assistant is easy to handle

Meaning that, I can use my cold backup to restore on another machine and do migration to 8i using odma.

Any suggestions from guru's.

Thanks In Advance.

[gnagesh]

Any suggestions Please..


Regards

[pando]

I never used migration assistant so I cant help, I only know running upgrade scripts is a piece of cake

[slimdave]

Read the release notes for the version you are upgrading to -- they may tell you that you need to upgrade to an intermediate version first.

[dknight]

Is it possible to run a v7 database on 8.1.7 by merely recreating the control files?

I've never tried.