RE: Upgrade to AIX 5.2

Tracy,
 We are still debating this issue with our preferred App Vendor...

 Since there is no 64-bit 8.1.7.4 on AIX 5L, upgrading to 9i is what we will pursue.

 Testing the Vendor App on 9i/AIX 4.3.3 should not take considerable amount of time, as *none* of the new features of 9i would be used by the Vendor. Sad but true. There will be more testing time allocated to 9i/AIX 5L update, as several other software pieces would be tested for the first time with that combination. We will need to install 9i for AIX 5L after the OS upgrade. We may choose to install it in the same ORACLE_HOME as before. These are just my initial thoughts, no concrete plans, yet.

 If Oracle would have supported 64-bit 8.1.7.4 on AIX 5L, this would have been a bit simpler...

Regards,

• Kirti

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John/Kirti,
We are in the same boat with you. However, we were looking to first upgrade to AIX 5L first and leave our existing 8.1.7 32-bit databases (booting the server in 32 bit mode). In a subsequent phase we would upgrade 8.1.7 32-bit to 9.2 64-bit. The downside to this is that it will affect all databases on the server. We would need to test the complexity/timing/risk to determine if this is the appropriate choice. Kirti, with the option that you are leaning towards, as I see it, you need to upgrade to 5L and then install 9.2 for 5L
(there is also a 9.2 for 4.3.3) and then migrate the databases from 9.2/4.3.3
to 9.2/5L. Do you know what effort is involved in that transition? Is it complex/time consuming or just pointing to a new oracle_home? Thanks

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It appears that way. We are also pondering on this upgrade as well.

But if one takes this route, that is, running 5L in 32-bit mode, one can not install 9i on the same server. And Oracle has not certified 8.1.7 64-bit on AIX 5L. It is not planned to be available, either.

So, we are leaning towards upgrading to 9i first on AIX 4.3.3. Next upgrade OS to AIX 5L 5.1 and then 5.2 (some of the apps will become available on 5.2 later this year)..

• Kirti

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Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 7:09 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

So 8.1.7 is supported on AIX 5L provided AIX is booted in 32 bit mode???

John

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Certify - Additional Info Oracle Server - Enterprise Edition Version 8.1.7
(8i) On IBM AIX -Based Systems

Operating System: IBM AIX -Based Systems Version 5.2 (5L) Oracle Server - Enterprise Edition Version 8.1.7 (8i) N/A Version N/A
Status: Certified

Product Version Note:

Terminal Oracle8i release
To obtain Patch Sets from MetaLink, click the "Patches" button to the left. Certification Note:

Existing patch sets:

     8.1.7.1.0  (without JDBC),
     8.1.7.1.0b (includes JAVAVM, Context and JDBC),
     8.1.7.2.0
     8.1.7.3.0
     8.1.7.4.0

Oracle 8i 32-bit on AIX 5L (5.1 & 5.2)
Kernel modes AIX 5L introduces the option to run the AIX kernel in 64-bit mode. This mode is not supported, as Oracle 8i uses at least one 32-bit kernel extension. AIX-based systems must be booted with kernels in 32-bit mode.

Warning about missing "crash" during installation of Oracle 8i. The error message "crash: not found" may appear during execution of rootpre.sh on AIX 5L. This warning may be ignored. Alternatively, the warning can be avoided by creating the following script and renaming it to "/usr/sbin/crash":
#!/bin/ksh
read input
if [ X"$input" = Xle ]; then
 echo lke | /usr/sbin/kdb | \
 /usr/bin/awk '/^ *[0-9]+/ {printf("LoadList entry at 0x%s\n Name: %s\n\n",$2,$6)}
fi

April Wells
Oracle DBA
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