If you have a fast network you can import using a network link. Create the new database with preallocated tablespaces. Both databases will be up during the datapump import. Adjust the parallelism to maximize throughput. More Info: http://steveharville.wordpress.com/2012/08/26/migrating-to-different-endianness/ Steve Harville http://SteveHarville.com need suggestion to make the Move with least downtime. Can someone suggest the practical experience which anyone used for such scenario or what they think is technically feasible. > > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l