Need help upgrading Sun V880 to V890 , Solaris 8 to 9 & Veritas 4.1 for Oracle from MP1 to MP2

[ALORA]

We are in the process of upgrading my oracle database environment, and I need some expert input from the community on the steps involved and the estimated time that it would take to complete the tasks below:

Current Environment:

Sun V880,

Solaris 8

Veritas Storage Foundation 4.1 for Oracle - MP1

Target Environment:

Upgrade the server from V880 to V890

Upgrade the Operating System from Solaris 8 to Solaris 9

Upgrade Veritas Storage Foundation 4.1 for Oracle from MP1 to MP2

[Eric_Hennessey1 · Accepted solution]

It seems to me that the fact you're migrating to a new server makes this easy:

Build out the new servers using the target OS version/patch level.
Install appropriate Oracle s/w on the new server.
Install target version/patch level of SF/ORA on the new server.
Make appropriate SAN LUN zoning so that the LUNs used on the old server are also presented to the new one.

When you're ready to go:
1.  Shutdown the Oracle DB on the old server
2.  Deport the VxVM diskgroup containing the Oracle DB file systems/volumes
3.  Import the VxVM diskgroup on the new server
4.  Start your Oracle DB

Now, if don't a have a SAN infrastructure, all bets are off.  :)