32bit and 64bit oracle 9.2

[Former Member]

Dear Guru's,

I have SAP 4.7 ext 200 with oracle 9.2 and windows 2003 standard edition all these are 32bit .Now my client wants to buy new hardware which is 64bit to implement the same version mentioned above.for SAP4.7 64bit kernel is available in SMP but I didnt find oracle 9.2 64bit .Please advice whether SAP 4.7 ext 200 can be installed with 64bit kernel and oracle 9.2 64bit available(OS win2003 64bit) on 64bit hardware or all the OS and SAP with oracle 32bit on 64bit hardware should we choose.

Best Regards,

Sanju

[markus_doehr2]

Oracle 9.2 was never released for Windows 64bit (not for AMD64/Intel EM64T). You will need to go with Oracle 10g (which is supported for 4.7). Support for 9.2 will end in august 2008 so it´s already advised to upgrade to 10g.

Markus

[Former Member]

Dear Markus,

First of all thanks for the quick reply.Can i install Oracle 10g or is there any precautions or tips to take care of.And one more query is that can i install all the 32 bit apllications (SAP,oracle,windows) on a 64bit hardware .My hardware is Xeon processor but i heard like Itanium processors is real 64bit for which we have installation dvds.

Best Regards,

Sanju

[markus_doehr2]

Well... those are the rumours - which are just that.

Itanium is a 64bit processor - yes - but it´s a totally different architecture. Those programs will NOT run on an Intel Xeon processor. The difference between those two is, that one is IA64 (Itanium-2) and the other is X86_64 (also called x64).

You will need an installation CD set for that x86_64 (or x64) - NOT for Itanium if you have an Intel Xeon processor.

Read the following notes:

960769 - Windows: Migration from 32-bit to 64-bit (x86_64)

931024 - FAQ: 64-bit platforms for Windows

Especially the second will explain the differences.

It makes no sense to install 32bit (SAP-) application software on a 64bit operating system since there are native 64bit binaries to use, without them, you won´t benefit of the 64bit hardware. You need to check, however, that 3rd party software (backup etc.) has also 64bit clients for your combination.

Markus

[Former Member]

dear Markus,

I didnt find Oracle 10g for X86_64 for download for our hardware Xeon processor.I can see only oracle 10.2 patch in the SAP site for download. Where can I get Oracle 10g X86_64?

Best Regards,

Sanju

[markus_doehr2]

Check

http://service.sap.com/installations

--> Search

51031678 DVD ORACLE RDBMS 10.2 Windows

51031725 DVD ORACLE 10.2.0.2 Patches WIN,AIX,SOL

and also download the latest interim patch from http://service.sap.com/patches

Markus