Re: Migration from 8i to 11g

From: kathryn axelrod <kat.axe_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 09:58:47 -0800
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>any other suggestions or comments we may take care of?

Probably not at all what you were looking for, but I can't help but ask: Oracle doesn't support a direct 8i>11gR2 upgrade (551141.1) so what happens if something goes wrong during the upgrade/you encounter a completely wonky bug right after?

On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 5:39 AM, David Ramírez Reyes <dramirezr_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all!
> We have some old instances running on Oracle 8i (8.1.7.1) and right now we
> are planning to migrate those to the latest version of Oracle (11g release
> 2); I know that this is maybe an insane migration, but we as DBA's, don't
> have that decision in our hands (this idea comes directly from the CIO, we
> would like to migrate to 10g first).
>
> We have made some tests and the migration seems to be clean, but I must say
> that this is the first time am using 11g and I would not like to find any
> "surprise" when moving...
>
> Apart from the client upgrade, any other suggestions or comments we may
> take care of?
>
> Any information is appreciated!
>
> Regards
>
>
> David Ramírez
>
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