Migrating from NT to UNIX (Tru64)

Question

Please refer to statement "... With regards to import/export, Import/Export Utilities currently will <B>ONLY<B> work between portal installations which are at the <B>SAME VERSION LEVEL</B>." in the following thread - http://technet.oracle.com:89/ubb/Forum70/HTML/001441.html
We have developed a Portal 3.0.8 site on an NT platform. The 9iAS (ver. 1.0.2.1) and the database (ver. 8.1.7) are on the same NT box. We are now required to move the entire thing to a Compaq Tru64 platform (UNIX). The 9iAS (1.0.2.1) and the database (8.1.7) will again be on the same Tru64 box.
Can it be safely assumed that exporting the components on NT and then importing them in UNIX using the import utilities will work? or do we need to take some caution. Please note that the 9iAS version is same on both NT and UNIX.
Thanks.
Rama Krishnan

Answer 1

Hi,
I am currently doing exactly this export/import (NT to TRU64, 3.0.8 Portals, 1.0.2.1 9iAS).
Exports (ssoexp, secexp, db export, application export, contexp, pageexp, respectively) and imports (ssoimp, secimp, db import, appimport, contimp, pageimp,respectively) have gone without an error EXCEPT for the final and most important--pageimp.
My import logs show the following error in pageimp.cmd:
Begining Portal Page Import
...portal_schema: portal30
...portal_password: *************
...from_portal_schema: portal30
...merge_mode: reuse
...db_user_mode: "database_user"
...dump_file_name: d:\oracle\exports\dmps\test.dmp
...connect_string: test.webpe.com
Initialize the transport tables
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL*Plus: Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production on Mon Apr 30 14:20:23 2001
(c) Copyright 2000 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
Connected to:
Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production
With the Partitioning option
JServer Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production
Start Portal Page Import
Please Wait...
declare
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-06510: PL/SQL: unhandled user-defined exception
ORA-06512: at "PORTAL30.WWUTL_POB_TRANSPORT", line 1879
ORA-01403: no data found
ORA-06512: at line 6
Disconnected from Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production
With the Partitioning option
JServer Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production
Import of Portal Page Complete
And when I browse to the Portal, there are no pages to be found (users and content areas are fine). I'll send more info when/if I make progress. Meanwhile, if anyone has encountered and solved this problem, please advise.
Incidently, I am using import/export scripts that I downloaded three weeks ago. Perhaps there are a new set of 3.0.8 scripts? However, I don't see anywhere that the import/export scripts are version specific (as long as the portal versions are the same).
Thanks,
Trenton
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