Re: 8.1.5 upgrade paths to 10.2.x

To "parallelize" you could use limit the dump files to, say, 500MB dump files. (filesize parameter)

Ftp the files and start the import while the export is still running.

Of course - test a couple of times before actually scheduling. :)

On 10/15/07, development_at_the-playground.de <development_at_the-playground.de> wrote:
> Hello group!
>
> I have got a tricky problem at hand - migrate an Oracle 8.1.5 on Solaris
> 7 database to 10.2.0.x on AIX. The problem here is that I am not allowed
> much downtime. Having started with Oracle 8i I am not too sure how that
> can be done. Obviously to get from 8.1.5 I have to go to 8.1.7 first, a
> direct update is supported which is good. I am thinking of a new Oracle
> home on the same machine, copying the database and migrating it.
>
> From there on I don't see any other way than exp/imp using pipes for
> faster processing. It is a bit of a mystery how I can keep the downtime
> low, the database is some 60GB in size btw.
>
> Thanks for any input on this,
>
> Martin
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