oracle 9.2.0.4 on redhat 3 should be ok, as I have a friend's site running 9204 rac on redhat 3 with heavy load, system has been up stable for nearly 1 month. They will soon expand to 4 node rac. I cannot find the patch you mentioned in metalink: 3208258, can you find it? Regards Zhu Chao ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Stell" <stellr@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 2:08 AM Subject: Re: Moving db to linux > > >Im, going to be moving a 220 GB 8.1.7.4 database from HP-UX to Red Hat AS 3.0 running 9.2.0.4.0. > > Have you actually installed 9.2.0.4.0 on Red Hat AS 3.0. It > is pretty ugly, I refused to do the patches a metalink tar > suggested, because they are absurd, and constitute a lack of > support. With 10.1.0.2, at least the installer will run: > > -- > > Operating System: Linux x86 Version Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 3 > Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition Version 9.2 > N/A Version N/A > Status: Certified > > Product Version Note: > None available for this product. > > Certification Note: > > > The following requirements are needed for a successful installation of Oracle 9iR2 (9.2.0.1) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 > 1. Software: > Linux kernel version would be 2.4.21-4.EL > Glibc Version Number glibc 2.3.2-95.3 > Required OS Patches > - compat-db-4.0.14.5 > - compat-gcc-7.3-2.96.122 > - compat-gcc-c++-7.3-2.96.122 > - compat-libstdc++-7.3-2.96.122 > - compat-libstdc++-devel-7.3-2.96.122 > - openmotif21-2.1.30-8.i386.rpm > - setarch-1.3-1 > 2. Environment: > Put gcc296 and g++296 first in $PATH variable by creating the following symbolic links. These are required for the relinking of some Oracle binaries (as root) > > % mv /usr/bin/gcc /usr/bin/gcc323 > % mv /usr/bin/g++ /usr/bin/g++323 > % ln -s /usr/bin/gcc296 /usr/bin/gcc > % ln -s /usr/bin/g++296 /usr/bin/g++ > > > hostname command should return the fully qualified hostname as shown below: > - % hostname > - hostname.domainname > If any Java packages are installed on the system, unset the Java environment variables, for example JAVA_HOME. > The oracle account used to install Oracle 9.2.0.1, should not have the Oracle install related variables set by default. For example setting ORACLE_HOME, PATH, LD_LIBRARY_PATH to include Oracle binaries in .profile, .login file and /etc/profile.d should be completely avoided. > 3. Other environment settings: > For hugemem kernel install rpm setarch-1.0-2.i386.rpm or higher. > - % setarch i386 > For uni, smp and boot kernel this step is not required. > > Define and export the environment variable LD_ASSUME_KERNEL before starting the install process: > - % export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.19 > Additional Installation Steps > > Open a new terminal window > Apply bug patch 3006854 - to resolve libcwait symbol issue before invoking Oracle installer. > After completing above steps start ./runInstaller from 9iR2 CD 1 from shell where you have defined above variable. You may get the following two errors: > Relink error for ins_oemagent.mk - Click ignore and complete the install. Apply the patch for Bug 3119415 after the install is completed > ctx relinking error in ins_ctx.mk: Click ignore. This is fixed by applying 9.2.0.4 patchset > The installation will continue without displaying further errors. > ADDITIONAL NOTE > > For customers using asynch_io , apply bug patch 3208258. > =============================================================== > Ray Stell stellr@xxxxxx (540) 231-4109 KE4TJC 28^D > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. > -- > Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ > FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------