10g RAC upgrade

We are planning to install 10gR2 RAC on Sun solaris 10 with Veritas and Hiatchi SAN. After that, we would like to upgrade 9iRAC database to 10g RAC.
We tried once, the CRS install was okay.
But, we couldn't bring dbua up ( We made sure Xwindow setup is fine etc.. ).
Can somebody share the environment variables to, set before we start DBUA and also during CRS install.
Also, if you have a good document to upgrade 9iRAC to 10gRAC on Sun solaris with Veritas.
Thanks
-Ashok

Ashok,
You can also get all the details about upgrade in Oracle Upgrade Guide published on OTN. Please have a look at the following URL:
http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14238/upgrade.htm#sthref107
Thanks & Regards
-Harish Kalra

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1)Install 11g CRS in NEW_CRS_HOME
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first of all i would not change several components (OS, database version) at a time. My recommendation is to make small steps and start with the operating system first. Seconds recommendation is to test and test everything in your dev or test environment prior doing the upgrades in the productive environment. Trust me: You will face problems :-) So you better try it beforehand!
b) Do an upgrade of the Solaris OS from 9 to 10 on each node and then bring them back up? Is this practical? Does Oracle allow different versions of OS running on different nodes?As far i know you can run different operating system versions on different nodes if they are supported (Solaris 9 and 10 are).
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>
Charles Yu wrote:
> Q1: Oracle RAC with 9.2.x on HP-UX?
> A: For HA environment, cluster software is: MC/SG on HP-UX 11.31; there are optional components of MC/SG for supporting Oracle RAC and SAP application. I was confused that I could not find the installation guide regarding 4.6C on MC/SG HA environment of HP-UX.
> Charles
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>
Charles Yu wrote:
> Q2: Any reason why you don't use a supported database version?
> A: Actually, in order to avoiding the the risk of database upgrade and minimizing the migration risk, top level has decided that keeping the same Oracle version. Indeed, we don't plan the migration of application. On the other hand, it is complicated to do the assessment for application migration.
> Charles
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You know its not certified?
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please find answers that i know for some questions.
1.) Are there any benchmarks or case studies that you are aware of that might help in the decision process regarding hardware?
2.) Where should my backups reside (SAN or elsewhere)?
=> what is the backup method you will be using? certainly recommend RMAN (in addition to OS backups that you are planning to use) for block recovery, should there a block corruption.
i would keep some copies on the SAN local and mirror to DR site too.
3.) What margin should be added for SAN provisioning and waste (even if thin provisioning is implemented)?
=> do not suggest thin provisioning for production.
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=> did not compare, though installed 11g.
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=> running on windows? please do not. used on linux a lot. pretty stable and solid. recommend to go with 10.2.0.4 or higher.
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