Re: 817 to 920 Upgrade manually or via DUA

Essentially, both the manual upgrade and using the dbua do the same thing. With the manual process, you have more "control". With the dbua, it is wizard driven and takes most of the guess work out of the picture. One of the nice features of the dbua on Windows is that it will create the new services for you. If you do the manual process, you'll have to manually create new services with the ORADIM utility.

In either case, it is highly suggested that you read the Oracle 9i Migration Guide before you proceed. These questions and more are answered there.

HTH,
Brian

Jack wrote:
>
> A question for all experts here. When upgrading database 817 to 920 on
> Windows AD 2000, will you do it manually or via DUA (database upgrade
> assistant)? Will the decision depend on db size, down time allowed, feature
> used (i.e. interMedia, spatial etc.) and number of db objects?
>
> Appreciate your answers.
>
> Jack

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