Re: Oracle 9.0.1.3 or 9.2.0?

We are currently planning to upgrade an 8.1.5 OPS instance to 9i.
We had rejected the idea of upgrading to the first release of 9i -- implementing a standing rule not to upgrade to Release1 of any new version.
Therefore, we had always planned to wait for 9iRelease2. Within two weeks of the 9iRelease2 release-date, the desupport date for Release1 was set as 30-June-2003 while Release2 was specified as 30-September-2005. We have positioned an 8hour downtime for the OPS to RAC upgrade but will be allowed only 2hours. If we start testing 9iRAC now and do the production upgrade in September/October, do you think we would be allowed a second downtime before end-June-03 ? We must go for 9iRelease2 --- only one downtime in two-and-a-half-years will be allowed.

Hemant

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> I thought the original question was what is more
> stable 9.0 or 9.2.
>
> If that is the basis for your decission stick with
> 9.0.1.3 or better until 9.2 gets a couple dot releases
> on it.
>
> With all the problems we have had with 9.0.1.x, I have
> not had one support person recommend we go to 9.2 to
> solve problems. In fact, they are backporting a bug
> found during internal testing of 9.2 beta to 9.0.1.3
> instead of asking us to upgrade. The basis for these
> decissions being (in my opinion) that 9.2 is not as
> stable as our current release.
>
> Bill
>
> --- Connor McDonald <hamcdc_at_yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > Thats what Metalink has to say ( dunno what the note
> > id is)..Expect '10i' sometime next year I'd say.
> > For
> > similar reasons, 8.1.7 is supported longer than 9.0
> > (since 9.2 is the terminal release)
> >
> > hth
> > connor
> >
> > --- "Grabowy, Chris" <cgrabowy_at_fcg.com> wrote: >
> > Hello? 9.2 is the terminal release for Oracle9? So
> > > Oracle10 is next, aside
> > > from patches, etc. to 9?
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 1:33 PM
> > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > >
> > >
> > > I'd go 9.2 - its the terminal release so will
> > > supported for longer and removes Oracle's standard
> > > reply of 'please move to 9.2 and see if the
> > problem
> > > disappears'
> > >
> > > hth
> > > connor
> > >
> > > --- Raj Gopalan
> > > <rajagopalan.govindan_at_agilisys.co.uk>
> > > wrote: > Hi DBAs
> > > >
> > > > We are upgrading from 8.1.5 to 9.x. I thought of
> > > > finding out which release
> > > > of 9i is more stable. As We have got 9.2 couple
> > of
> > > > weeks back, I was just
> > > > wondering what is worth going for 9.2 instead
> > of
> > > > 9.0.1.3?
> > > >
> > > > TIA,
> > > >
> > > > Raj
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