If you haven't already done so, you should probably take a look at MOS 62290.1 Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com Home Page: http://jaredstill.com On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 12:59 PM, John Smith <john40855@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello. I am looking at upgrading from linux 32 to linux 64 bit, and to > upgrade from 9.2.0.8 10.2.0.4 at the same time. > > I think I can just install the new Oracle home on the new server, copy the > datafiles, spfile, controlfiles, etc, from a cold backup, startup upgrade, > and run the catupgrd script. > > Am I missing anything? the way I read the doc, the conversion to 64 bit > will happen during the catupgrade script. Do I also need to run > utlirp.sql? Am I missing anything? >