I have moved a database from a 32bit version of Oracle 11g under Linux to a 64 bit environment. However, i have experienced problems in the new Environment (also Linux).
Is there any method of upgrading the database to 64bits
One thing i forgot to mention the databse was upgraded from an earlier version, the original and the upgraded version were 32bit.
If you have enough disk space, the easiest thing to do is install a fresh instance of Oracle 11g 64 bit, export your 32 bit data, then import into 64 bit Oracle. This will also allow you to have both running side by side for a little to verify that both instances are identical and working as expected.
Basically it should be: export schema, upgrade, import schema. Could you elaborate on the problems you've been having?
After some trial and error i found that the following resolved most of the problems i was expeiencing
#Shutdown and restart instance in upgrade mode. Shutdown immediate; Startup upgrade; #now invalidate the existing packages @$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/utlirp.sql #As i have already patched the system to DST V10 i needed to do the following @$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/utlu111i.sql #now i started to convert/upgrade the database, i started with the upgrade catalog # as it resolve a lot of issues i experienced. @$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/catupgrd.sql #Then the more standard catalog procs were applied. @$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/catalog.sql @$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/catproc.sql #Finally, get all of the procs recompiled. @$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/utlrp.sql shutdown immediate; startup; #then check for any outstanding issues select * from sys_objects where Status != 'VALID'; Now i did have a few invalid objects but these are application specific and fairly easy to resolve.
I haven't experienced any more issues with the conversion. However, if there are any ommissions or other issues with this approach i will be glad to hear about it.