Re: 10g and 8i on same AIX machine?

From: Martin <mjones.satisdata_at_btinternet.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 19:11:13 +0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <dj8q4h$e86$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com>

"Matthias Hoys" <idmwarpzone_NOSPAM__at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:435535fa$0$24935$ba620e4c_at_news.skynet.be...
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> "One's Too Many" <onez2many_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> Thanks all....
>>
>> I was mostly worried about 10g's post-wait kernel module for AIX not
>> being compatible for 8i when both database engines run in 64-bit mode
>> on the same box. I've got plenty of ram and processor power to spare on
>> this machine, but have ben told that you must run the latest version
>> (10g) Oracle post-wait kernel driver module and sometimes these don't
>> work with prior version of the database under AIX.
>>
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> If i'm not mistaken, Oracle 8i doesn't exist in 64-bit version for AIX 5L.
> But you can perfectly run the 32-bit version of it on AIX together with a
> 64-bit Oracle 10g.
>
> Matthias
>

Just to confirm - we run 8.1.7.4 quite happily on AIX 5L (5.2) and it is fully certified. Received on Thu Oct 20 2005 - 14:11:13 CDT