We are considering migrating some Oracle Databases
across platforms -- from Solaris to HPUX.
We'll, of course, be using Export-Import.
I've been asked to come up with a list of issues / cautions
to consider.
e.g. I can think of
Pre-Requisites :
1. The right [same or higher] version of the Oracle RDBMS + Patchset Release
must be installed.
2. The database should be created with a minimum block-size of 4K, preferably
8K.
3. The database character-set should preferably be the same or a higher
character-set. [eg US7ASCII or WE8ISO8859P1 or UTF8]
4. The NLS_LANG settings during the Export and Import must be complaint.
Potential Issues :
1. BFILE references will become invalid as BFILEs are stored outside the
database.
2. If there are tables containing LOBs, the import can be slower. [There was
an 8i bug requiring COMMIT=Y to improve Import performance but commiting at every
record, instead of at every buffer-size].
Recommendations / experiences appreciated.
Hemant K Chitale
http://hkchital.tripod.com
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