Re: Effect of Upgrading O/S to the 817 database !!!

Not a typo: type 'winver' at the cmd prompt on a win2k machine.

On Monday 02 December 2002 04:53, Boivin, Patrice J wrote:
> Methinks NT version 5 is Windows2000 under another name... probably a typo
> though.
>
> Check the certification matrix, but here we are successfully running
> 8.1.7.4.5. on Windows2000 servers.
>
> Windows2000 seems to be more stable than NT 4, from what I've seen so far.
> Our Windows server administrator certainly things so! There are caveats
> re. Terminal Server though, check the certification matrix.
>
> Regards,
> Patrice Boivin
> Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA)
>
> Systems Admin & Operations | Admin. et Exploit. des systèmes
> Technology Services | Services technologiques
> Informatics Branch | Direction de l'informatique
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>
> E-Mail: boivinp_at_mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 4:00 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> Jackson - It is a holiday for most of the U.S. folks, but hopefully someone
> will get back to you. I am on Unix myself, so of no help to you. My laptop
> was recently upgraded from NT to 2000 Professional, and the PC
> administrators said that their experience was to not upgrade the system,
> but to reformat the hard drive, fresh install Windows 2000 and then
> reinstall everything. I think your existing Oracle software should be good
> to reinstall, but you should check the compatibility on
> http://metalink.oracle.com. And of course you will be doing this on your
> test machine before you jeopardize your production system. You don't say
> which 8.1.7 version you are using - 8.1.7.4?
>
> Dennis Williams
> DBA, 40%OCP
> Lifetouch, Inc.
> dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 7:04 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> Hi
>
> We are currently running Oracle 817 database on a Windows NT, version
> 5, service pack 6. We need to upgrade O/S to Windows 2000. What should
> we do on the database side, do we need to do a new Oracle 817 software
> installation after upgrading O/S and try to startup the database or do
> we need to do everything from scratch, i.e. install software, create
> database and import ? I tought this should not have an effect on the
> database, if that the case, do we then need to just try to startup the
> database after O/S upgrade ? Please help ...your response will be
> highly appreciated. Desperado
>
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