Re: Migrating 8.1.6 database to 8.1.7.x

"Brian Peasland" <dba_at_remove_spam.peasland.com> wrote in message news:3F3B9D5E.6A185771_at_remove_spam.peasland.com...
> I'd install 8.1.7 in a new ORACLE_HOME and then apply the 8.1.7.4
> patchset. Then, I'd upgrade the 8.1.6 instance to 8.1.7.4 in one step.
>
> But to be honest with you, I'd go to 9i instead. I'm not sure if that is
> possible for your situation.
>
> HTH,
> Brian
>

We need to upgrade our production environment by Aug 25 to 8.1.7.4 on a Windows 2000 server. The application we are running does not yet support 9i and the company from which it comes has no intentions of even testing 9i for it's product until a future release. I will put 9i on our develepment environment as soon as we are at 8.1.7.4 in production.

Another question, can I just apply the 8.1.7.4 patch set or do I have to install every patch in order up to 81.7.4?

-Dave

> Dave wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > I wanted to get your reccomendations on updating my database from
8.1.6
> > to 8.1.7.4.
> >
> > Right now I have an exported copy of the production database on my
> > development Oracle 8.1.7 server. I wanted to get your reccomendations
of
> > getting that database to 81.7.4.
> >
> > 1. Should I migrate the database into 8.1.7 and then run the patch sets
to
> > get everything to 8.1.7.4 OR
> >
> > 2. Should I update to 8.1.7.4 and then migrate the database from 8.1.6.
> >
> > I want to do whatever is easier if there is no difference in either
method.
> > Your thoughts?
> >
> > -Dave
>
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Received on Thu Aug 14 2003 - 09:38:31 CDT