7.3.4 on hp-ux11 upgrade problem

[Jeroen van Sluisdam]

Hi,   We're busy setting up an upgrade for oracle 7.3.4 hp-ux 10.20 to oracle 9.0.1.0 on a different hp-ux 11.11 box. In order to be able to migrate we installed 7.3.4 on this machine, copied datafiles and config.ora, init.ora and listener.ora We only run the old listener (this starts correctly) and we try to bring up our copy on this machine. We encounter the following problem   pablo:oracle>/opt/oracle/product/7.3.4/dbs $svrmgrl   Oracle Server Manager Release 2.3.4.0.0 - Production   Copyright (c) Oracle Corporation 1994, 1995. All rights reserved.   ORA-12547: TNS:lost contact SVRMGR> connect internal; Password: ORA-12547: TNS:lost contact SVRMGR> startup LCC-00161: ORACLE error (possible syntax error) parameter [NULL] ORA-12547: TNS:lost contact   Environment has been set to the right oracle_home, also tns_admin Any idea what causes this? Installation or configuration problem?   Thnx in advance,   Jeroen