Additionally, (and this is probably what Mr. Tipton was pointing out), there are documents particular to export/import with E-Business Suite. 230627.1 -- 9i Export/Import Process for Oracle Applications Release 11i 362205.1 -- 10g Release 2 Export/Import Process for Oracle Applications Release 11i -- James ---------------------------------------------------------------------- James J. Morrow | Senior Oracle Applications DBA | TriOra Group, LLC morrow.james <at> gmail <dot> com james.morrow <at> trioragroup <dot> com On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 6:38 PM, James Morrow <morrow.james@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > What I outlined was a "rough" outline of the underlying mechanics of > the migration. > > The official document on how to perform this migration is 238276.1, as > I detailed > (and recommended) in my original message. > > -- James > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > James J. Morrow | Senior Oracle Applications DBA | TriOra Group, LLC > morrow.james <at> gmail <dot> com > james.morrow <at> trioragroup <dot> com > > > > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Tipton, Josh > <Josh.Tipton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> That is not 100% correct. I just performed this migration without a hitch. >> There is a metalink article that must be followed to a T. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: ora-apps-dba-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <ora-apps-dba-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: ora-apps-dba@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <ora-apps-dba@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Thu Mar 19 18:13:13 2009 >> Subject: Re: Oracle E-Business Migration from Windows to Linux >> >> At the most basic, what you'll be doing is: >> >> 1) Perform a fresh install for all components on your target platform. >> >> 2) Assuming that you were an 11.5.10.2 fresh install on your source, you'll >> want to apply the TARGET version (or generic) of any patches that were >> applied to your SOURCE onto your TARGET. (So, if you applied the >> WINDOWS >> or GENERIC version of patch 1234567 on your SOURCE, you'll want to get >> the LINUX or GENERIC version and apply that [options=nodatabaseportion >> or >> preinstall=y] to your fresh-install TARGET.) The goal here is to bring >> your filesystem into allignment with the code that's in your database. >> >> 3) Perform a database migration (export/import or expdp/impdp, if >> available). >> >> Now, a couple of things. >> >> 1) Export/Import is slow. However, odds are you can't just copy the >> datafiles over, so you'll have a choice to make here... if you upgrade >> the database to 10g (on Windows) you can use DataPump (expdp/impdp) to >> do >> the platform migration. It's also possible you could use "transportable >> tablespaces". >> >> 2) Instead of manually collecting and applying the "patch delta" yourself, >> you should use Oracle's "manifest" feature (as outlined in MetaLink Note >> 238276.1). In this sense, you will upload a information bundle to >> Oracle >> that tells them exactly which patches have been applied to your SOURCE >> and they will provide you with a single patch to do the catch-up. >> >> Best approach? Note 238276.1. >> >> Approximate time required? Depends on your hardware and size of database. >> You should have no trouble accomplishing it over a weekend (after having >> done >> a few practice runs, and of course, going through the proper testing). >> >> Risk? Not much, really. "custom tables" will come over with the >> export/import. You'll have to re-deploy custom forms, reports, etc. >> However, those should be platform agnostic (as they are "interpreted" >> instead >> of actually being executed by the OS). >> >> -- James >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> James J. Morrow | Senior Oracle Applications DBA | TriOra Group, LLC >> morrow.james <at> gmail <dot> com >> james.morrow <at> trioragroup <dot> com >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 5:47 PM, hyder hussain syed <sd.hyder@xxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Hi All >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> We are planning to migrate Oracle E-Business Suite 11i from Windows to >>> Linux >>> and upgrade the database also: >>> >>> >>> >>> Current Environment: >>> >>> OS: windows 2003 >>> >>> Applications: 11.5.10.2 >>> >>> Database : 9.2.0.7 >>> >>> Node: single node >>> >>> >>> >>> Target Environment: >>> >>> >>> >>> OS: Linux >>> >>> Applications: 11.5.10.2 >>> >>> Database: 10g >>> >>> Node : (single or multi) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> My Queries are: >>> >>> >>> >>> 1. What is best approach? >>> >>> 2. Approximate required time for application and database migration >>> >>> 3. What is the risk (spl custom tables ,schema,reports etc) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> If anyone have done please share their experience or docs >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks in Advance >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks & Regards >>> >>> Hyd >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> ****************************************************************************** >> This email contains confidential and proprietary information and is not to >> be used or disclosed to anyone other than the named recipient of this email, >> and is to be used only for the intended purpose of this communication. >> ****************************************************************************** >