RE: Copy Oracle's binary.

[Hagedorn, Linda]

Copying the software is not supported under 8i.    The oraInventory and the ORACLE_HOME are hardcoded in the inventory.  As long as these paths are identical on both systems, the copy should be ok.  If the paths are different on the two machines, you will be able to run the database on that machine, but you will not be able to apply patches because the ORACLE_HOME and inventory locations point to the original machine, where the bins originated.         -----Original Message----- From: Kimberly Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 4:25 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: Copy Oracle's binary. Have you upgraded those databases?  Its no longer possible to just copy ORACLE_HOME and expect to be able to upgrade it.  That being said, I never did bother to identify the other directories as I felt it was just as easy to install the software.    You could do a full system copy though.  -----Original Message----- From: Feng, Jun [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 3:50 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: Copy Oracle's binary. Sure. We have done that many times.   Jun -----Original Message----- From: Thanh-truc Nguyen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 6:31 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Copy Oracle's binary. Hello,   I've two machines (with the same unix's configuration on Sun Solaris). On has Oracle 8.1.7. installed and a database. Do you think it's possible to copy Oracle's binary and the database on Unix level to the new serveur instead of installing and cloning the db ?   Thank you very much.   Thanh-truc Nguyen