Db. Upgrade Assistant - any bad stories?
Hi I'm about to upgrade 8.1.7 db to 9.2 db. Platform is AIX. "Database Upgrade Assistant" is going to be used. Does anyone have any bad experience with this oracle tool? Or the whole process is straight forward? Thanks, Vladimir Barac
Re: Db. Upgrade Assistant - any bad stories?
I used it recently on a W2K box, worked fine, no problems, no hassles... took a while to do the upgrade so don't panic if it seems to be taking a long time --- Vladimir Barac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I'm about to upgrade 8.1.7 db to 9.2 db. Platform is AIX. Database Upgrade Assistant is going to be used. Does anyone have any bad experience with this oracle tool? Or the whole process is straight forward? Thanks, Vladimir Barac __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Rachel Carmichael 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). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
RE: Db. Upgrade Assistant - any bad stories?
We did AIX 4.3... financials instances Upgrade takes HOURS... it upgrades to 901 first, if you read the logs, and then to 9.2 Process took half a day for one of our instances, then several hours to recompile invalids, then we had to upgrade spatial, intermedia. But... yes, pretty straight forward April -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 7:09 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I used it recently on a W2K box, worked fine, no problems, no hassles... took a while to do the upgrade so don't panic if it seems to be taking a long time --- Vladimir Barac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I'm about to upgrade 8.1.7 db to 9.2 db. Platform is AIX. Database Upgrade Assistant is going to be used. Does anyone have any bad experience with this oracle tool? Or the whole process is straight forward? Thanks, Vladimir Barac __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Rachel Carmichael 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). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). The information contained in this communication, including attachments, is strictly confidential and for the intended use of the addressee only; it may also contain proprietary, price sensitive, or legally privileged information. Notice is hereby given that any disclosure, distribution, dissemination, use, or copying of the information by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited and may be illegal. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail, delete this communication, and destroy all copies. Corporate Systems, Inc. has taken reasonable precautions to ensure that any attachment to this e-mail has been swept for viruses. We specifically disclaim all liability and will accept no responsibility for any damage sustained as a result of software viruses and advise you to carry out your own virus checks before opening any attachment. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: April Wells 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). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
RE: Db. Upgrade Assistant - any bad stories?
Vladimir - Since I don't see a reply posted to your question, I'll make an attempt. I haven't had much direct experience with this tool, but like any tool it may cause problems under some circumstances. I think Oracle has laudable goals for giving everything a GUI interface to please those who don't think you can operate a computer without a mouse. My assumption is that underneath it is running the same scripts you can run manually. Here are my issues: 1. For small production databases, I usually want to create a fresh database and export/import the data. That way I get a totally 9i database with no concern for compromises. I get an opportunity to reorganize everything. 2. For really large production databases, I wouldn't trust a GUI tool. I have had experience where there was an error but the GUI somehow didn't report it. I want to run the upgrade scripts first on a test database, then repeat the exact steps on production. Dennis Williams DBA, 40%OCP, 100% DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 4:59 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi I'm about to upgrade 8.1.7 db to 9.2 db. Platform is AIX. Database Upgrade Assistant is going to be used. Does anyone have any bad experience with this oracle tool? Or the whole process is straight forward? Thanks, Vladimir Barac -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS 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). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
RE: Db. Upgrade Assistant - any bad stories?
I was told that the tool creates, and uses, SPFILE after the upgrade... - Kirti -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 7:09 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I used it recently on a W2K box, worked fine, no problems, no hassles... took a while to do the upgrade so don't panic if it seems to be taking a long time --- Vladimir Barac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I'm about to upgrade 8.1.7 db to 9.2 db. Platform is AIX. Database Upgrade Assistant is going to be used. Does anyone have any bad experience with this oracle tool? Or the whole process is straight forward? Thanks, Vladimir Barac -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Deshpande, Kirti 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). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
Re: Db. Upgrade Assistant - any bad stories?
Kirti, Is it a bad thing? Igor - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 10:28 AM I was told that the tool creates, and uses, SPFILE after the upgrade... - Kirti -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 7:09 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I used it recently on a W2K box, worked fine, no problems, no hassles... took a while to do the upgrade so don't panic if it seems to be taking a long time --- Vladimir Barac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I'm about to upgrade 8.1.7 db to 9.2 db. Platform is AIX. Database Upgrade Assistant is going to be used. Does anyone have any bad experience with this oracle tool? Or the whole process is straight forward? Thanks, Vladimir Barac -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Deshpande, Kirti 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). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Igor Neyman 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). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
RE: Db. Upgrade Assistant - any bad stories?
Is if you aren't expecting it -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 10:39 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Kirti, Is it a bad thing? Igor - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 10:28 AM I was told that the tool creates, and uses, SPFILE after the upgrade... - Kirti -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 7:09 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I used it recently on a W2K box, worked fine, no problems, no hassles... took a while to do the upgrade so don't panic if it seems to be taking a long time --- Vladimir Barac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I'm about to upgrade 8.1.7 db to 9.2 db. Platform is AIX. Database Upgrade Assistant is going to be used. Does anyone have any bad experience with this oracle tool? Or the whole process is straight forward? Thanks, Vladimir Barac -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Deshpande, Kirti 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). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Igor Neyman 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). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). The information contained in this communication, including attachments, is strictly confidential and for the intended use of the addressee only; it may also contain proprietary, price sensitive, or legally privileged information. Notice is hereby given that any disclosure, distribution, dissemination, use, or copying of the information by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited and may be illegal. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail, delete this communication, and destroy all copies. Corporate Systems, Inc. has taken reasonable precautions to ensure that any attachment to this e-mail has been swept for viruses. We specifically disclaim all liability and will accept no responsibility for any damage sustained as a result of software viruses and advise you to carry out your own virus checks before opening any attachment. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: April Wells 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). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
Re: Db. Upgrade Assistant - any bad stories?
I'm not using the dbua since I cannot use X applications from home due to the firewall we have. I've now upgraded 3 8.1.7.3 databases to 9.2.0.2. One of these was a very little play database I created just to test the upgrade process. The other 2 are fairly small (35-40 GB) test databases. One of them had some kind of hiccup and hung for nearly an hour during the u0801070.sql script. I did a shutdown immediate on the database and restarted and it ran completely in 45 minutes. I don't know what caused the problem, but it looks like restarting the upgrade script fixed it. Good luck. Stephen [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/02/03 06:08AM I used it recently on a W2K box, worked fine, no problems, no hassles... took a while to do the upgrade so don't panic if it seems to be taking a long time --- Vladimir Barac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I'm about to upgrade 8.1.7 db to 9.2 db. Platform is AIX. Database Upgrade Assistant is going to be used. Does anyone have any bad experience with this oracle tool? Or the whole process is straight forward? Thanks, Vladimir Barac __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Rachel Carmichael 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). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Stephen Andert 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). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
RE: Db. Upgrade Assistant - any bad stories?
Igor, It depends. If you are not aware of what the tool does, you will get caught by surprise (like my co-worker;) May be there is an option to not create the SPFILE.. I didn't use the tool when I upgraded a few my databases to 9i. But, AFIAC, I am staying away from SPFILE, as long as possible, for my own reasons.. - Kirti -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 10:39 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Kirti, Is it a bad thing? Igor - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 10:28 AM I was told that the tool creates, and uses, SPFILE after the upgrade... - Kirti -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 7:09 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I used it recently on a W2K box, worked fine, no problems, no hassles... took a while to do the upgrade so don't panic if it seems to be taking a long time --- Vladimir Barac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I'm about to upgrade 8.1.7 db to 9.2 db. Platform is AIX. Database Upgrade Assistant is going to be used. Does anyone have any bad experience with this oracle tool? Or the whole process is straight forward? Thanks, Vladimir Barac -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Deshpande, Kirti 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). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
RE: Db. Upgrade Assistant - any bad stories?
Only if you're not aware of it. I started editting init$ORACLE_SID.ora like crazy and parameter changes would have no effect whatsoever. I thought for a moment that I've enterd the twilight zone but then I resorted to the unthinkable: I read the documentation. I know I shouldn't have done it, but, at least, I confess to doing that. After that, I learned how to handle the SPFILE and I sort of like it. -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 11:39 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Kirti, Is it a bad thing? Igor - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 10:28 AM I was told that the tool creates, and uses, SPFILE after the upgrade... - Kirti -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 7:09 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I used it recently on a W2K box, worked fine, no problems, no hassles... took a while to do the upgrade so don't panic if it seems to be taking a long time --- Vladimir Barac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I'm about to upgrade 8.1.7 db to 9.2 db. Platform is AIX. Database Upgrade Assistant is going to be used. Does anyone have any bad experience with this oracle tool? Or the whole process is straight forward? Thanks, Vladimir Barac -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Deshpande, Kirti 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). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Igor Neyman 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). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Gogala, Mladen 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). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
Re: Db. Upgrade Assistant - any bad stories?
Kirti, Thanks. My question was not in regards to the tool, but in regards to use of SPFILE in general. Igor - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 12:23 PM Igor, It depends. If you are not aware of what the tool does, you will get caught by surprise (like my co-worker;) May be there is an option to not create the SPFILE.. I didn't use the tool when I upgraded a few my databases to 9i. But, AFIAC, I am staying away from SPFILE, as long as possible, for my own reasons.. - Kirti -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 10:39 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Kirti, Is it a bad thing? Igor - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 10:28 AM I was told that the tool creates, and uses, SPFILE after the upgrade... - Kirti -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 7:09 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I used it recently on a W2K box, worked fine, no problems, no hassles... took a while to do the upgrade so don't panic if it seems to be taking a long time --- Vladimir Barac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I'm about to upgrade 8.1.7 db to 9.2 db. Platform is AIX. Database Upgrade Assistant is going to be used. Does anyone have any bad experience with this oracle tool? Or the whole process is straight forward? Thanks, Vladimir Barac -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Deshpande, Kirti 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). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Igor Neyman 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). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
