> I'm interested in this because I need to move several 2tb databases from > Linux to AIX. How about using Oracle Streams when switching between > different endian platforms? This seems to offer the smallest downtime. > Adding flashback database on the destination side would allow repeated > testing. This presentation looks promising.>>Open World: Near Zero > Downtime<http://www.sbti.com/RSS/~/media/Files/PDFs/Presentations/Near%20Zero%20Downtime%20Oracle%20Database%20migration%20Oracle%20Open%20World.ashx> > > > Steve Harville > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/steveharville > > > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l