Jim Carter wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 06:27:00 -0700, Dave Steele wrote:

>> Has anyone installed Oracle 7.3.4 database on a HP-UX server with 11i
>> as an O/S? We currently have in on HP-UX with 11.00 as the O/S, but
>> I'm not sure if the Oracle 7.3.4 CD will install on the 11i(11.11).
>> Does anyone know if there are any major differences between 11.00 and
>> 11i O/S for the PA-RISC. We would be changing from K460 HP-UX 11.00
>> with Oracle 7.3.4 (cannot upgrade because of the application)to a
>> rp4xxx or rp7xxx most likely.

> Things you must consider: 1) chances are your existing install is 32 bit
> which means the app is also 32 bit, 2) 11i on those boxes will be 64 bit
> and a lot of apps houses didn't play nice when they developed their code
> (they won't easily port to 64 bit),

IIRC Oracle was one of the houses that did play nice. Or, at least IIRC
we were able to do an upgrade by getting the old version of Oracle up on
the new servers and only after that migrate the data to a newer version
of Oracle. This might have been HP-UX 10.20 -> 11.00/32 though.

And, Oracle specifically said at some point that 32-bit Oracle binaries
will run on 64-bit HP-UX - 11.00 at least, but that was for a
8.something and I'm not sure if 11.11 was out yet.

> 3) even if you can install (and get
> stable) the 32 bit 7.3.4 Oracle on the 64 bit 11i, maybe the best use of
> the time/money/resources would be to get on a more modern app.

Well ... in the best case, the old version will continue to run just
fine, it's just the risk that you aren't that lucky.

Oh, and I'm not sure that you really want to re-run the installer, just
moving the binaries over might be easier. (it certainly was back when
the Oracle install CDs were broken and needed lots of manual work to get
the install to complete succesfully even on the correct HP-UX version...
not sure which Oracle version that was.)


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