Re: Copy Oracle's binary.

[Charlie Mengler]

As long as everything is identical between the source system & the target system, you can probably get away with using tar or similar utility. HOWEVER if the source system has only V8.1.7 installed while the target system already has only V8.1.5 on it, I suspect that you'll struggle with simply copying V8.1.7 onto the target system & being able to upgrade both V8.1.5 & V8.1.7 in the future. This is regardless of how similar the "paths" may be or how much space exists on the volumes on the target system. Since 8i, OUI is rather painless to use & all it takes is a few hours to allow it to create a SUPPORTED installation; I have allowed OUI to do its thing, while I tend to other tasks in other windows. "Hagedorn, Linda" wrote: Copying the software is not supported under 8i. The oraInventory and the ORACLE_HOME are hardcoded in the inventory.  As long as these paths are identical on both systems, the copy should be ok.  If the paths are different on the two machines, you will be able to run the database on that machine, but you will not be able to apply patches because theORACLE_HOME and inventory locations point to the original machine, where the bins originated.  -----Original Message----- From: Kimberly Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 4:25 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: Copy Oracle's binary.   Have you upgraded those databases?  Its no longer possible to justcopy ORACLE_HOME and expect to be able to upgrade it.  That beingsaid, I never did bother to identify the other directories as I feltit was just as easy to install the software. You could do a full system copy though.  -----Original Message----- From: Feng, Jun [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 3:50 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: Copy Oracle's binary.   Sure. We have done that many times.Jun -----Original Message----- From: Thanh-truc Nguyen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 6:31 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Copy Oracle's binary.   Hello, I've two machines (with the same unix's configuration on Sun Solaris). On has Oracle 8.1.7. installed and a database. Do you think it's possible to copy Oracle's binary and the database on Unix level to the new serveur instead of installing and cloning the db ? Thank you very much. Thanh-truc Nguyen