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. > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > 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 > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l