RE: Moving Oracle server from HPUX/Solaris to AIX

You spelled it right.

Anyways, here is a document that might be of some if not huge help. It
is updated constantly.

Metalink Note : 282036.1

-Amit.

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> On Behalf Of Jesse, Rich
> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 4:23 PM
> To: ORACLE-L
> Subject: Moving Oracle server from HPUX/Solaris to AIX
> 
> Hey all,
> 
> The hammer has fallen and I've just been told that our ERP system's DB
> will be AIX.  We're currently on HPUX, with several other DBs on
> Solaris, and I've never even logged into an AIX box (I can barely
spell
> it).  So, I'm trying to get a head start before the hardware's even
> ordered by doing some homework.  And what better place to start than
> here?  :)  I have a few questions:
> 
> 1) How far behind Solaris are Oracle releases/fixes on AIX or are they
> behind at all?  I seem to remember that AIX was second or third tier,
> but haven't been able to find anything on oracle.com or google.
> 
> 2) Any good links to subtleties betwixt Solaris and/or HPUX, and AIX?
> Goofy but helpful stuff like "Solaris likes putting files in /var,
HPUX
> in /etc".  Web links I've found (including one on IBM) are slightly
> dated, comparing Solaris 8 to AIX 4 and sometimes 5.2.  We're probably
> going with 5.3.
> 
> 3) Any gotchas for Oracle management?  Without bloating this post with
> too many specifics, I would hope bash and the standard Unix utils
needed
> for Oracle management scripts like hotbacks and log checkers would be
> available.  Memory managemnt like semaphores and kernel parms I would
> assume would be tunable in any decent Unix...
> 
> Thoughts?  Thx!
> Rich
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