Re: Migrate from Oracle 8.0.3 (Netware) to 8.0.5 (NT)

From: Jarek Palka <jarek_at_kamsoft.com.pl>
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2000 13:06:18 +0100
Message-ID: <38996F3A.26F8AF5D@kamsoft.com.pl>

Michael Buresch wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I want to migrate from Oracle 8.0.3 (NetWare) to 8.0.5 (NT). My first
> problem is, that I can't backup the database because I can't start the
> Backup Programm (???). So I have only the complete path ORANW803 on the
> NT Server. When I copy the tablespace and rollback semgents from
> \ORANW803\DATABASE to \ORANT\DATABASE I get a header error in the
> instance manager
>

You can't copy database files between different platform. Directory name isn't enough. The only way to migrate between different platform is to use EXPORT/IMPORT utility with full database option (EXP80, IMP80 on NT). You have to create similar structures (tablespaces, users) before using import.

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Jarosław Palka <jarek_at_kamsoft.com.pl> P.I.KAMSOFT, Katowice tel. (+48 32) 255-59-93, 209-07-05, fax 209-07-15 POLAND Received on Thu Feb 03 2000 - 06:06:18 CST