Upgrading from CR 8.5 to CR 2008, along with Oracle DB from 9 to 11G

We currently use Crystal Reports 8.5, yeah its ancient, but suited our needs. Our web guys upgraded our server to oracle 11g R2, and now we have lil issues with the changes and how the old CR works. So figured it was time to upgrade it as well. My problem lies that i know nothing of database connectors. I have a guide for oracle 9 and CR 8.5 written by the guy before me. works great.
with out changing anything and just installing and trying to refresh a current report i recieved an error
"Failed to load database information.
Details: the database connector 'crdb_oracle.dll' could not be loaded. The correct version of the database client for this database type might not be installed."
I looked around the new CR for an oracle connector that exists in the old 8.5 version, and found nothing.
So i tried and downloaded the oracle instant client... which just has you copy a folder with the dlls and enter in a new entry to the environment path variable. Still get alot of nothing. Not sure if i should just reinstall 2008 at this point or what. the forum going back the last year didnt help me.
ideas

CR 8.5 or 9 is not Oracle 11 aware. Past their end of life so not sure how to fix this. Possibly use ODBC or OLE DB drviers.

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MOPatch - Install Multiple Oracle Patches in One Run - 2.1.15.
Copyright (c) 2007, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Version:       2.1.15
Revision:      5.1.2.26
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OPatch version:11.2.0.3.3
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Dear All,
I am using 10.2.0.1 database and planning to upgrade to 11.1.0.6 and while executing the utlu102i.sql I found the database is using the old timezone.
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2. It is mandatory to upgrade the timezone or 11g will automatically upgrade it.
3. If I will go for the database upgrade without updating the timezone, will update fail.
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Eagarly waiting for your response.
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See Metalink Document How To Apply The V4 DST Patches To Windows Clients or Servers [ID 417893.1], this should help you here.
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You will need to update the Timezone to V4 prior to attempting an upgrade
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Yes that upgrade will not work without first updating the timezone for the 10.2.0.1 database you have
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The binary installations can be handled separately, however no upgrade operations can happen until the DST v4 is taken care of for the upgrade.
Edited by: mrmessin on Dec 31, 2009 1:41 AM

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[2013-04-12T17:21:01.451-04:00] [BIEE] [TRACE] [] [upgrade.BIEE] [tid: 11] [ecid: 0000Js07Sxp2fLMYEL3FFS1HQ7bN000002,0] Plug in Name : BIEE
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[2013-04-12T17:21:01.451-04:00] [BIEE] [TRACE] [] [upgrade.BIEE] [tid: 11] [ecid: 0000Js07Sxp2fLMYEL3FFS1HQ7bN000002,0] Checking string translations
[2013-04-12T17:21:01.451-04:00] [BIEE] [TRACE] [] [upgrade.BIEE] [tid: 11] [ecid: 0000Js07Sxp2fLMYEL3FFS1HQ7bN000002,0] String translation check finished
[2013-04-12T17:21:01.466-04:00] [Framework] [NOTIFICATION] [] [upgrade.Framework] [tid: 16] [ecid: 0000Js07rGQ2fLMYEL3FFS1HQ7bN000007,0] Starting to examine components.
[2013-04-12T17:21:01.466-04:00] [Framework] [NOTIFICATION] [] [upgrade.Framework] [tid: 16] [ecid: 0000Js07rGQ2fLMYEL3FFS1HQ7bN000007,0] Starting to examine BIEE.
[2013-04-12T17:21:01.482-04:00] [BIEE] [TRACE] [] [upgrade.BIEE] [tid: 16] [ecid: 0000Js07rGQ2fLMYEL3FFS1HQ7bN000007,0] MBean connection made : service:jmx:t3://localhost:7001/jndi/weblogic.management.mbeanservers.domainruntime
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[2013-04-12T17:21:01.482-04:00] [Framework] [NOTIFICATION] [] [upgrade.Framework] [tid: 16] [ecid: 0000Js07rGQ2fLMYEL3FFS1HQ7bN000007,0] Component name: Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition
[2013-04-12T17:21:01.482-04:00] [Framework] [NOTIFICATION] [] [upgrade.Framework] [tid: 16] [ecid: 0000Js07rGQ2fLMYEL3FFS1HQ7bN000007,0] No upgrade items found
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[2013-04-12T17:22:14.546-04:00] [Framework] [NOTIFICATION] [] [upgrade.Framework] [tid: 11] [ecid: 0000Js07Sxp2fLMYEL3FFS1HQ7bN000002,0] Upgrade was canceled by the user.
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============
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There's a dedicated Web logic forum (WebLogic Portal where you might get better assistance. As i can't move your thread, please close this one and post your issue again in the web logic forum.
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2. Note, 11g is Oracle Fusion Middleware which is quite a bit different than 10g.
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Applies To: Oracle Forms - Version 11.1.1.1.0 and later
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Steps to be followed:
1) Take a backup and edit the $DOMAIN_HOME/config/fmwconfig/servers/WLS_FORMS/applications/formsapp_11.1.1/config/default.env or any custom environment file.
2) Locate the following environment variable:
LD_PRELOAD=/ora10gas/app/11.1.0/Middleware/as_1/jdk/jre/lib/sparcv9/libjsig.so
3) Comment out this variable. After the changes, it will look like the following:
#LD_PRELOAD=/ora10gas/app/11.1.0/Middleware/as_1/jdk/jre/lib/sparcv9/libjsig.so
3) a) Instead of LD_PRELOAD, kindly use LD_PRELOAD_64 as given below :
LD_PRELOAD_64=/ora10gas/app/11.1.0/Middleware/as_1/jdk/jre/lib/sparcv9/libjsig.so
(This makes HOST AND RUN_REPORT_OBJECT work fine).
4) Save the file and execute your forms. The Host() built-in will work as expected
The LD_PRELOAD setting in default.env is only required for the working of signal chaining facility in JVM version 1.5 and later. If you are not using theSignal chaining facility, this variable is not required. For more information, refer to the following documentation
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E14571_01/doc.1111/e14772/forms.htm#CJAJGAFF

RPD file upgrade from 10g to 11g error: Error in starting opmn server

Dear All,
We have to upgrade an RPD repository file and the catalog from 10 g to 11 g. We use the Oracle Fussion Middleware Upgrade Assistant tool.
BI Service (BI server version: 11.1.1.6).
The operation failed, and we got the following error message:
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But if I open the enterprise manager the core applications under the tab Fusion Middleware are marked with red (not running)
See screen shot regarding the overview:
http://s24.postimg.org/vdg0o83fp/enterprise_manager.png
If I click on the Core application link the core appilcations are marked with green (they are running).
See screen shot regarding the Core Applications:
http://s10.postimg.org/ogba45ke1/core_app.png
Problem:
the core applications are displayed as down in Enterprise Manager.
I restarted the core applications in the Enterprise Manager successfully but under the tab Fussion Middleware they are still displayed as not running.
Does anybody ever had a problem like this. Thank you!
Regards, Robert

ok, since installing multiple versions of oracle is a common practice, I will do both on same machine and try them out.
solaris@solaris:~$ cat /etc/release
Oracle Solaris 11 11/11 X86
Copyright (c) 1983, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Assembled 18 October 2011
solaris@solaris:~$ uname -a
SunOS solaris 5.11 11.0 i86pc i386 i86pc
solaris@solaris:~$ df -k
Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on
rpool/ROOT/solaris 718405632 1620554 713290953 1% /
/devices 0 0 0 0% /devices

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