Oracle database migration from Solaris SPARC to Solaris X86

[Former Member]

Hi,

I want to ask a question. We have a ECC 6.0 system on Solaris SPARC and Oracle 10g. We want to buy new server. This new server will have Solaris X86 as a operating system. We want to use new X86 server as a database server and old SPARC server will be application server as before.Is it possible or not? How can we make it? We will not change application server. New server will be only database server and old server will be only application server. Do we have to migrate database and make hetegeneous copy? Because Solaris SPARC and Solaris X86 use different SAP Kernels. Can you guide us about this issue?

Best regards.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Markus,

Firstly thank you for your help.

Is it not possible that we want to export database from SPARC and import it new server Solaris X86? Also will new server have SAP Kernel files? Besides will both of them application and database server have different kernels? Is it very difficult issue?

Best regards.

[markus_doehr2 · Accepted solution]

Is it not possible that we want to export database from SPARC and import it new server Solaris X86?

Heterogeneous copies must be done using R3load, no exp/imp (or expdp/impdp) supported.

Also will new server have SAP Kernel files? Besides will both of them application and database server have different kernels? Is it very difficult issue?

If it´s really just running the database (no CI) then it won´t have any kernel files.

Markus

[markus_doehr2]

Technically it´s a heterogeneous migration - yes, but not due to the fact, that there are different kernels, but due to the endianess (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endianness).

The procedure will be "heterogeneous copy" (http://service.sap.com/systemcopy) but it should be smooth without much hazzle.

Markus