Re: migrating oracle between different platform

From: Daniel A. Morgan <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 22:28:24 -0800
Message-ID: <3AB84A07.DCA1EC9F@exesolutions.com>

> Currently i am thinking migration our oracle database from a AIX machine
> to SUN machine..
>
> any tips how can i do that?
>
> can i do it simply by backup the datafile and restore it to the sun
> machine?
> or another approach by export/import ...
>
> if export/import is need.. any limitation? my database if around 60GB..
> and that the larges tablespace consists of several datafile and round
> 6GB data size...

I wouldn't move the datafiles though you might be able to. My instinct would be to do a clean install. Create the tablespaces and take an Oracle Export from the old platform. That way you get a nice clean start.

Daniel A. Morgan Received on Wed Mar 21 2001 - 00:28:24 CST