Moving Oracle software

If I copy the oracle software directories from one machine to another, should I run "relink all" before using them? This is an 8.1.6.3 implementation
running under Solaris 2.7. The directory names are different on the new box
(i.e. ORACLE_BASE is not the same), and the O/S patch level is off a little.

As a test, I moved the oracle software from one directory to another (on the same
machine), and the database came up fine. I ran "relink all" just to get familiar
with it; it seems to have worked fine, but it produces a lot of messages and it's hard
to decide whether they can all be ignored or not.

Thanks

Kurt Wiegand

IBM Global Services
Cable & Wireless Communications
Vienna VA

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