Hmmm how much time are you allowed? 60GB wouldnt be too slow, export might take 1 hour and import probably a couple of hours with some tweaks. I imported 20GB recently and it tookd me 35 minutes.... Thanks -- LSC On 10/15/07, development@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <development@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello group! > > I have got a tricky problem at hand - migrate an Oracle 8.1.5 on Solaris > 7 database to 10.2.0.x on AIX. The problem here is that I am not allowed > much downtime. Having started with Oracle 8i I am not too sure how that > can be done. Obviously to get from 8.1.5 I have to go to 8.1.7 first, a > direct update is supported which is good. I am thinking of a new Oracle > home on the same machine, copying the database and migrating it. > > From there on I don't see any other way than exp/imp using pipes for > faster processing. It is a bit of a mystery how I can keep the downtime > low, the database is some 60GB in size btw. > > Thanks for any input on this, > > Martin > > > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > >