restore oracle 817 backup from TRU64 to linux (SAP 46C)

[Former Member]

Greetings,

I would like to know if I can to restore a backup from TRU64 oracle 8.1.7 into a LINUX platform?

The SAP release is SAP 46C

I know that there are restrictions with the little endian and I found that TRU64 and LINUX share the same endian.

Thanks a lot,

Andres Suarez

[Former Member]

Thank a lot your help. I am forced to check in lab this solution. Regards,

Andres Suarez

[former_member204746]

it could work, but... you are using a non-supported Oracle version and you will be on your own if this fails.

after restore, you might need to run a few scripts:

sqlplus "/ as sysdba"

startup upgrade;

@?/rdbms/admin/utlirp.sql

shutdown immediate;

startup

@?/rdbms/admin/utlrp.sql

@?/rdbms/admin/catalog.sql

[Former Member]

Eric, Thanks a lot for your answer. One last question what linux distribution do you recommend?

Andres

[markus_doehr2]

There are two supported:

RedHat Advanced Server

SuSE (Linux Enterprise Server)

Choose the one you´re most familiar with.

You may need to start with an "older" one, Oracle 8.1.7 will not run on newer distributions. Check metalink for exact versions which are supported. You may also run into trouble on this side because those old distributions are also out of maintenance.

I would though highly suggest upgrading to 9.2.0.8 (on Tru64) first and then do the migration. 9.2 is supported on all newer distributions too.

Markus