steven_nospam at Yahoo! Canada <steven_nospam@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> On May 1, 12:19 pm, "Davor H" <davor.REMOVEhun...@zg.htnet.hr> wrote:
>> is anybody using aix6.1 (perhaps with EMC DMX and oracle (10g)DB ) for
>> longer period.
>> I would like to hear some experiences about stability, problems ....
>>
>> I am in position to migrate DB server from p5 570 to p6 570 and I am
>> wondering is it better to stay on 5.3
>> or to go with aix 6.1 with latest TL-SP.
>
> Saw you were still waiting for an answer. I can't give you too much
> advice on the subject, but will say that we are running AIX 5.3 for
> our Oracle 9i and 10g databases. So far it is working fine on that
> rev. If you decide to AIX 6.1, I would make sure to review the
> Metalink website (metalink.oracle.com) and see if they have a product
> matrix or any notes regarding AIX 6.1 known issues.
>
> For example, when we first went to AIX 5.3, they advised that we
> needed to install Oracle at a specific level (example for 9i it was
> version 9.2.0.8) to make sure our version was compatible with the O/S,
> and then we also had to add an opatch for the query optimizer.
>
> I would imagine that if you review the metalink site for AIX 6 and
> Oracle 10, they may have some info on APARs that must be installed,
> and a particular Oracle 10g level to use.

I also have no experiences to share, but I can fill you in with a few
details of what Oracle says:

10gR2 is supported on AIX 6.1 Service Pack 1 or higher.
You need to run the 64 bit kernel.
10gR2 with HACMP is not yet certified.

You should run a specific rootpre.sh that you can download from Metalink
to avoid bug 6613550.

Read Metalink note 282036.1 which contains all the details.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe