Tuxedo Migration from Tuxedo 9.1 32 bit to Tuxedo 9.1 64 bit

Question

Hi All,
Please tell me how to go for Tuxedo Migration from Tuxedo 9.1 32 bit to Tuxedo 9.1 64 bit. O.S. is IBM AIX 5.3 64 bit What are the prerequisite, and how to go for that. Please tell hoe to go for the same. Please mail at [email protected]

Answer 1

Ravi,
You will need to download 64-bit AIX binaries for Tuxedo 9.1.
Since 64-bit object files and libraries cannot be combined with 32-bit object files and libraries in the same executable, you will also need to obtain 64-bit versions of any database or other third party software that is linked with your Tuxedo application. (If you are using Oracle database, 64-bit and 32-bit support is combined in a single download, and you will just need to change $ORACLE_HOME/lib32 to $ORACLE_HOME/lib in your makefiles.)
Once this is done, you will need to rebuild your Tuxedo servers, clients, and TMS processes.
If you use buildclient and buildserver to compile all files, then you may not need to change anything else. If you call the compiler directly to compile source files into object files, then you will need to add additional flags for 64-bit compilation. If your makefiles are well-coded, you might just need to change CFLAGS in one place. Look at the output of "buildclient -v" for a simple client on the 32-bit system and on the 64-bit system to see which additional flags might be needed.
When your application is compiled in 64-bit mode, you just need to test it out to ensure that the application does not have any implicit 32-bit dependencies such as assuming that a "long" is the same as an "int".
Ed