Kirti, This what oracle support said;
-joan As the doc says "When running Oracle9i 64-bit on AIX 5L, the machine can be booted indifferently with the 32-bit kernel or the 64-bit kernel. Switching kernels simply involves a reboot, there is no need to reinstall AIX or to modify the Oracle 9.2 64-bit installation." "Deshpande, Kirti" wrote: > > Joan, > From what I have found Oracle 9.2 64-bit can be run in a 32-bit mode on AIX 5L. > So, one can have 5L running Oracle 8.1.7.4 and 9.2.0 in 32-bit modes. However, the > H/W running AIX must be 64-bit. > Please see note # 169426.1. > > Let us know what Oracle support has to say. > > Cheers! > > - Kirti > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joan Hsieh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 7:44 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: Re: Upgrade to AIX 5.2 > > Kirti, > > I did some home work toward our near future upgrading from aix 4.3.3 to > 5.1 and 817.4-32 bit to 9i2-64 bit. (8 servers) Note:206569.1 and > Note:223521.1 on which said > -When running oracle8i 32-bit on aix 5l, the machine must be booted > with the > 32-bit kernel. this restriction doesn't apply to oracle 9.2 64-bit. Is > that > mean 9i-64 bit can coexist with 8.1.7 32-bit with the 32-bit kernet on > aiz 5L? I opened a tar with oracle support, want to clear that out. I > thought 817 and 9i can not coexisted on aix 5L. > > Thanks, > > joan > > "Deshpande, Kirti" wrote: > > > > Tracy, > > We are still debating this issue with our preferred App Vendor... > > > > Since there is no 64-bit 8.1.7.4 on AIX 5L, upgrading to 9i is what we will > > pursue. > > > > Testing the Vendor App on 9i/AIX 4.3.3 should not take considerable amount of > > time, as *none* of the new features of 9i would be used by the Vendor. Sad but > > true. There will be more testing time allocated to 9i/AIX 5L update, as several > > other software pieces would be tested for the first time with that combination. We > > will need to install 9i for AIX 5L after the OS upgrade. We may choose to install > > it in the same ORACLE_HOME as before. These are just my initial thoughts, no > > concrete plans, yet. > > > > If Oracle would have supported 64-bit 8.1.7.4 on AIX 5L, this would have been a > > bit simpler... > > > > Regards, > > > > - Kirti > > > > -----Original Message----- > > Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 1:36 PM > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > John/Kirti, > > We are in the same boat with you. However, we were looking to first upgrade to > > AIX 5L first and leave our existing 8.1.7 32-bit databases (booting the server > > in 32 bit mode). In a subsequent phase we would upgrade 8.1.7 32-bit to 9.2 > > 64-bit. The downside to this is that it will affect all databases on the > > server. We would need to test the complexity/timing/risk to determine if this > > is the appropriate choice. Kirti, with the option that you are leaning > > towards, as I see it, you need to upgrade to 5L and then install 9.2 for 5L > > (there is also a 9.2 for 4.3.3) and then migrate the databases from 9.2/4.3.3 > > to 9.2/5L. Do you know what effort is involved in that transition? Is it > > complex/time consuming or just pointing to a new oracle_home? Thanks > > > > 02/27/2003 05:43 AM PST > > > > Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > cc: > > > > It appears that way. We are also pondering on this upgrade as well. > > > > But if one takes this route, that is, running 5L in 32-bit mode, one can not > > install 9i on the same server. And Oracle has not certified 8.1.7 64-bit on AIX > > 5L. It is not planned to be available, either. > > > > So, we are leaning towards upgrading to 9i first on AIX 4.3.3. Next upgrade OS > > to AIX 5L 5.1 and then 5.2 (some of the apps will become available on 5.2 later > > this year).. > > > > - Kirti > > > > -----Original Message----- > > Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 7:09 AM > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > So 8.1.7 is supported on AIX 5L provided AIX is booted in 32 bit mode??? > > > > John > > > > -----Original Message----- > > Sent: 27 February 2003 12:24 > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > Certify - Additional Info Oracle Server - Enterprise Edition Version 8.1.7 > > (8i) On IBM AIX -Based Systems > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---- > > > > Operating System: IBM AIX -Based Systems Version 5.2 (5L) > > Oracle Server - Enterprise Edition Version 8.1.7 (8i) > > N/A Version N/A > > Status: Certified > > > > Product Version Note: > > > > Terminal Oracle8i release > > To obtain Patch Sets from MetaLink, click the "Patches" button to the left. > > Certification Note: > > > > Existing patch sets: > > 8.1.7.1.0 (without JDBC), > > 8.1.7.1.0b (includes JAVAVM, Context and JDBC), > > 8.1.7.2.0 > > 8.1.7.3.0 > > 8.1.7.4.0 > > > > Oracle 8i 32-bit on AIX 5L (5.1 & 5.2) > > Kernel modes AIX 5L introduces the option to run the AIX kernel in 64-bit > > mode. This mode is not supported, as Oracle 8i uses at least one 32-bit > > kernel extension. AIX-based systems must be booted with kernels in 32-bit > > mode. > > > > Warning about missing "crash" during installation of Oracle 8i. > > The error message "crash: not found" may appear during execution of > > rootpre.sh on AIX 5L. This warning may be ignored. Alternatively, the > > warning can be avoided by creating the following script and renaming it to > > "/usr/sbin/crash": > > #!/bin/ksh > > read input > > if [ X"$input" = Xle ]; then > > echo lke | /usr/sbin/kdb | \ > > /usr/bin/awk '/^ *[0-9]+/ {printf("LoadList entry at 0x%s\n Name: > > %s\n\n",$2,$6)} > > fi > > > > April Wells > > Oracle DBA > > Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds > > -- Albert Einstein > > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Joan Hsieh INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). 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