Not sure, but rman CAN go across SOME platforms. I would look into it
to see if its a supported option. Also, there is datapump, but I've
not used it for that purpose...

M

Mike Porter
Finance Technical Services
PGA of America
561-624-7646
>>> "Michael Peel "
<oracledba-ezmlmshield-x46523255.[Email address protected] 09/29/07 4:45
AM >>>
You could export all your objects, code etc but not the rows and then
insert
using selects.

An alternative would be sql copy.

M

-----Original Message-----
From: will landstrom
[mailto:oracledba-ezmlmshield-x59213598.[Email address protected]
Sent: 28 September 2007 21:49
To: LazyDBA Discussion
Subject: 500 GIG database refresh?



Hello DBAS. I need to take a 500 GIG 10.2.2 database from server A and
copy
it to server B. 2 ways I am considering (neither are very good)
A) just take a bib export file and import the whole thing (will take a
long
long time to run)
B) use a hotback of the database and recover (very quick but not
plausible
because server B has a file system (AIX) not compatible with server A
(Solaris).

By any chance does anyone have any other suggestions how to do this
efficiently?

Thanks, Will




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