This would be alot of extra work and downtime compared to export/import but...
1) upgrade to AIX 4.3.3 You might want to think about using AIX 64 bit here
(you can still run Oracle on 32 bit if you want).
2) upgrade to 8.1.7.4
3) AIX 4.3.3 is binary compatable with 5.1, so you _could do
If you cannot recover the database, you *** CAN *** take a cold backup
and open it elsewhere, on a 5.2 box, for example. You only have to make sure
that you loaded the right post_wait extensions. I advise you to use the ones
from 9.2. Boot the machine in 32 bit mode. No migration is necessary, col
