Restore database from windows to linux

Question

Hi,
I want to restore my Oralce in windows to another Linux box,
my windows is windows 2003 R2 64bit, Oracle 11.2.0.2
and my Linux is Oracle Linux 5.5, Oracle 11.2.0.3,
I managed to create an instance in the linux box, restore the controlfile and datafile and catalog the archivelogs,
but when I do recovery, below errors prompt
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03002: failure of recover command at 07/06/2012 14:54:44
RMAN-11003: failure during parse/execution of SQL statement: alter database recover logfile '/cloudfs/archivelog/O1_MF_1_26954_7Z9K3WC0_.ARC'
ORA-10562: Error occurred while applying redo to data block (file# 6, block# 669493)
ORA-10564: tablespace TEST
ORA-01110: data file 6: '+DATA/ofs5/datafile/test.264.787934051'
ORA-10561: block type 'TRANSACTION MANAGED INDEX BLOCK', data object# 91719
ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [ktbair2_0], [2239], [3712], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [], []
is that mean it is not possible to restore the db from one platform to another?
(I read some oralce note that it is possible to setup datagurad between window and linux)
Thank
Vincent

Answer 1

Vincent;
is that mean it is not possible to restore the db from one platform to another?It's possible, but there's quite a lot of planning that needed to be done.
The Database Backup and Recovery User's Guide should have a section on Transporting Data Across Platforms.
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/backup.112/e10642/rcmxplat.htm
You need to use dbms_tdb.check_db to test if it can be done with the OS's you have in mind.
There's a fairly good example here, but not using the exact OS's you have in mind.
http://mohamedazar.com/2011/06/08/transport-an-entire-database-to-a-different-platform/
My understanding is it won't transport certain items :
Control files and Redo logs
Bfiles
Temp files
External tables
Directories
Password files
Also you need to create a new instance before you can use RMAN backups from the source.
Here's another example :
https://blogs.oracle.com/AlejandroVargas/entry/database_migration_from_window
Best Regards
mseberg