VERY IMPORTANT!!!!!! EXP ERROR

Question

Hi all
When exporting an Oracle10g schema from Oracle9i the following error occurs : exp-0003 no storage definition found.
I understand that when you want to import something from 10g to 9i you have to use the lower versions exp and imp tool, which is what I am doing.
This problem is not schema specific, it occurs with each schema I try. We recently installed Oracle patch 10.1.0.4.
Any help will be usefull
Thanks in advance from Percy

Answer 1

Cause
This problem during export has been introduced with the 9.2.0.5 patchset. In that patchset, a fix has been included for Bug 2948717 "Queries against DBA_SEGMENTS can be slow accessing BYTES/BLOCKS/EXTENTS columns". Note that this fix has also been implemented in Oracle10g Release 1 (10.1.0.2.0).
As a result of that fix, an export from the 9.2.0.5.0 or any higher release database (e.g. 9.2.0.6.0 or 10.1.0.4.0) with a lower release export utility, e.g. 9.2.0.4.0 or 8.1.7.4.0 will now produce the EXP-3 error. For details see:
Bug 3593227 "EXP-3 WHEN EXPORTING A TABLE WITH MORE THAN 1 EXTENT USING EXP BELOW 9.2.0.5"
Bug 3784697 "EXPORT OF LOB FROM 9205 WITH PRE-9205 EXP GIVES EXP-3 (NO STORAGE DEF FOUND)"
These bugs were closed as a duplicate of:
Bug 3291851 "EXP-3: NO STORAGE DEFINITION FOUND FOR SEGMENT" (not a public bug)
Solution
The EXP-3 error only occurs when the export from the 9.2.0.5.0 or any higher release database (e.g. 9.2.0.6.0 or 10.1.0.4.0) is done with a lower release export utility, e.g. 9.2.0.4.0. The reason to run an export from a 9.2.0.5.0
or any higher release database (e.g. 9.2.0.6.0 or 10.1.0.4.0) with a 9.2.0.4.0 export utility, is to import the export dump file later into a target database of that lower release.
Note: if your intention is to export from a 9.2.0.6.0 database in order to import (back) into a 9.2.0.6.0 target database, there is no need to use a pre-9.2.0.5 release export utility. In that situation use the 9.2.0.6.0 export utility.
Workaround 1
Rerun the export and specify the parameter COMPRESS=Y (this is the default value for COMPRESS).
If you have a table with a secondary object, e.g. a LOB column, then this workaround might not work and you will re-produce the EXP-3 error during export. In that case, use workaround 2.
Workaround 2
a. Make a note of the export definition of exu9tne from $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/catexp.sql
b. Copy this to a new file and add:
"UNION ALL select * from sys.exu9tneb"
to the end of the definition
e.g. In the 9.2.0.5.0 or any higher release source database (e.g. 9.2.0.6.0 or 10.1.0.4.0), the workaround view would be:
CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW exu9tne (
tsno, fileno, blockno, length) AS
SELECT ts#, segfile#, segblock#, length
FROM sys.uet$
WHERE ext# = 1
UNION ALL
SELECT * from sys.exu9tneb
c. Run this as the SYS user (!) against the database that needs to be exported.
d. Re-run the export as required.
e. Put back the original definition of exu9tne as obtained in step a.
Note: only use this workaround when absolutely necessary, and don't forget to put back the original definition of the view SYS.exu9tne as mentioned in step e.
Above is from metalink note.
Jaffar