Re: 32 bit or 64 bit Oracle on 64 bit OS?

"Charles Hooper" <hooperc2000_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1169224737.654947.135890_at_a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...

> Thanks for asking me to check the certification matrix - I dislike
> giving out incorrect information, so it is good to check once in a
> while to see what has changed. On Metalink I found Note:343737.1, last
> revised June 27, 2006. From that document:
>
> "Oracle Server Product Support - 32-Bit running on 64-Bit x64
> ============================================================
> Oracle does not currently support running the 32-Bit versions of its
> database
> or client software on Windows XP 64-Bit Itanium / Windows 2003 64-Bit
> Itanium
> operating systems. Oracle has however certified the 32-Bit Client
> software
> from 9.2.0.x onwards to run on the Windows XP 64-Bit x64 / Windows 2003
> 64-Bit
> x64 operating systems."
>
> So, it looks like running a 32 bit client on a 64 bit operating system
> is OK, but it is not supported to run the 32 bit version of the Oracle
> database on a 64 bit version of Windows 2003.
>
> There could very well be another document on Metalink that contradicts
> the above quote.

 Charles,

Please note that there are two flavors of 64bit intel platforms, Itanium and EM64T. From the Metalink Certify tab:

      Certify - Certification Matrix: Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition on Microsoft Windows 2003 (AMD64/EM64T)

      Server Certifications
            OS Product Certified With Version Status Addtl. Info. Components
Other Install Issue
            2003 R2 10gR2 64-bit N/A N/A Certified Yes None None None
            2003 10gR2 64-bit N/A N/A Certified Yes None None None
            2003 32-bit 10gR2 32-bit N/A N/A Certified Yes None None None

Sorry for the screwy formatting, but this says for EM64T, 32Bit 10gR2 is certified on 64bit Win2003. Received on Fri Jan 19 2007 - 13:33:17 CST