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    Oracle 9i to 10g upgrade (Raw Device to GPFS)

    For a database upgrade from 9i (Raw device storage) to 10g (GPFS), what options from the following can be considered?

    1. DBUA
    2. Manual Upgrade
    3. Export/Import


    I was considering 9i exp & 10g impdp (data pump import). The size of the database is about 300 GB. Any suggestions & learnings that can be shared?

    Thanks in advance.

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    The third option is less complicated. But if you are using packages/procedures then you need to verify its execution. I had an experience using the 3rd option and resulted in "ora-06502 PL/QL Numeric or Value - Character string buffer too small". Then it has resolved by setting the parameter blank_trimming to true

    BTW, what platform the database is running?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ravi_2008
    The third option is less complicated. But if you are using packages/procedures then you need to verify its execution. I had an experience using the 3rd option and resulted in "ora-06502 PL/QL Numeric or Value - Character string buffer too small". Then it has resolved by setting the parameter blank_trimming to true

    BTW, what platform the database is running?
    Thanks for the input.

    The OS is AIX.

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    if its me I will try upgrade instead of exp/imp

    plus you cannot use impdp for a export file

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    Quote Originally Posted by pando
    plus you cannot use impdp for a export file
    Thanks for pointing that out. I now realize that we cannot use 10g impdp on a 9i exp file.

    However, when using DBUA even though the OS is AIX; the source storage is raw device (9i) & target is GPFS (10g). Can we still use a 9i backup (raw device data files) to restore in a 10g environment (GPFS)?

    Thanks in advance.

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    Hi

    Just a thought have you investigated rman backups for doing this ?

    my choice would be rman or dd

    http://youngcow.net/doc/oracle10g/se...8/appa_aix.htm

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    Last edited by hrishy; 04-08-2008 at 02:38 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hrishy
    Hi

    Just a thought have you investigated rman backups for doing this ?

    my choice would be rman or dd

    http://youngcow.net/doc/oracle10g/se...8/appa_aix.htm

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    Hrishy
    Many thanks for the input. Very useful information on 'Backing Up Raw Devices' in the link provided.

    Can you please confirm that such a 'dd' raw device database backup can be restored successfully in a GPFS environment?

    Thanks in advance.
    Last edited by ggnanaraj; 04-08-2008 at 06:55 AM.

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    Hi

    Yes RMAN can backup to a GPFS environment.

    well outside rman only dd is the command that can do raw device copy.

    And my guess is yes dd can copy from raw devices to GPFS.

    regards
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    Quote Originally Posted by hrishy
    Yes RMAN can backup to a GPFS environment.
    Thanks. Can you help point to docs on RMAN backup in 9i on AIX (raw device) & RMAN restore in GPFS (AIX)?

    Thanks again.

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    Hmmm

    well did you look at the rman copy command ?

    http://igor.gold.ac.uk/oracle/9i/ser...ckp.htm#422767

    copy datafile 1 format to TO '/GPFS or regular filesystem/system01.dbf'

    all unix commands work with GPFS file sysytem


    regards
    Hrishy
    Last edited by hrishy; 04-08-2008 at 08:17 AM.

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