Install Oracle 9i on HPUX 11.00 32 bit server

[Leah Chow]

Hello,

I have a old 32 bits HPUX server:

HP-UX proc B.11.00 A 9000/800 2012692594

I want to know if I upgrade my oracle from oracle 8i to oracle 9i, will the server support the upgrading?

Thanks a lot
Leah

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi Leah,

I don't know what kind of server you have 2012692594 does not give me a clue. But normaly 9i will run on a 11.0 server (32 bits) just don't expect miracels if you have an old server.

By the way you did not give us how mutch memmory is installed in this server. Oracle likes mem :-)

Check below commands for cpu type and memmory.

# model
# echo "selclass qualifier cpu;info;wait;infolog" | /usr/sbin/cstm | grep "CPU Module"

# grep Physical /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log
# echo "selclass qualifier memory;info;wait;infolog" | cstm | grep 'Total Configured'

Hope this helps,
Robert-Jan

[Steven E. Protter]

You can.

If you don't have enough memory its not going to run very well.

I would not even attempt this on a server with less than 512 MB.

If performance is a consideration, you'll want 1 GB.

Swap will need to be set to 2.0 times RAM perhpas 2.5 times RAM for stable database operations.

SEP

[Brian Crabtree · Accepted solution]

No.

Oracle 9i is a 64bit version only. You will have to upgrade your server to the 64bit first, and then proceed with an installation of 9i.

Also, I would recommend using the 'dbua' upgrade utility over doing it manually. This should run the change wordsize script to make sure that the internal structures are correct.

Thanks,

Brian

[twang]

Leah,

Brian is right, you have to upgrade to 11.0 64 bit. Please note the following info Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition Version 9.2 64-bit On HP-UX PA-RISC:
Operating System: HP-UX PA-RISC Version 11.0
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition Version 9.2 64-bit
N/A Version N/A
Status: Certified

Product Version Note:
None available for this product.

Certification Note:


Existing patch sets:
9.2.0.2
9.2.0.3
9.2.0.4
9.2.0.5

If you are installing 9.2 on HP-UX 11.0:
Install all the OS patches/patch bundles, mentioned in 9.2 installation Guide, or superceding patches, patch bundles:
As per 9.2 IG required OS patches to run 9.2 on HP-UX 11.0 are:
Sept 2001 Quality Pack
PHCO_23792
PHCO_24148
PHKL_24268
PHKL_24729
PHKL_25475
PHKL_25525
PHNE_24715
PHSS_23670
PHSS_24303
PHSS_24627

regards tommy

[Leah Chow]

Thank you guys for your help, it really helps me a lot.

Leah