Peter, I know that this looks odd but as the hardware is 64 bit the AIX O/S has some sort of translation layer that allows it to run Oracle 64 bit even though the kernel is in 32 bit mode. I discovered this when investigating running Oracle 9.2 and Oracle 8.1.7 on AIX 5L. After raising a TAR with Oracle I received the response which basically stated:
- Oracle 8.1.7 can only be run in 32 bit mode on AIX 5L. - To run Oracle 8.1.7 and Oracle 9.2 concurrently on AIX 5L you must run AIX in 32 bit mode on 64 bit hardware with 32 bit Oracle 8.1.7 and Oracle 9.2 64 bit (it only exists in 64 bit mode). Confusing I know but somehow true. As an aside I don't think this applies to the likes of HP-UX. I'm fairly sure that running 32bit HP-UX 11 on 64 bit hardware will not allow 64 bit Oracle to run. HTH Chris Dunscombe -----Original Message----- Sent: 11 September 2003 21:39 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L O/S is AIX 4.3.3 /usr/sbin/bootinfo -p returns "chrp" meaning that the hardware is capable of either 32 or 64 bit operation. /usr/sbin/bootinfo -K returns "32" meaning that the kernel is running in 32 bit mode. When I run sqlplus the server says: Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.7.0.0 - 64bit Production How can I be running the 64 bit server on a system with a 32 bit kernel? Thanks, Peter Schauss -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Schauss, Peter INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Dunscombe, Chris INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
