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Connor McDonald

Thanks for the question, Irfan.

Asked: November 16, 2016 - 9:20 am UTC

Last updated: November 17, 2016 - 6:24 am UTC

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Hi Tom,

We are planning to migrate Oracle Database from HP-UX 64bit (Big-endian) to RHEL 64bit (Little-endian).

My question is can we migrate database from Big-endian format to Little-endian format using RMAN convert command? (like converting data files from one platform to another)


Thanks,
Irfan

and Connor said...

Yes. We have a whole document section on it

https://docs.oracle.com/database/121/BRADV/rcmxplat.htm#BRADV05432

Also, you can even do a migration with mininmal downtime. Here's a blog post I wrote that is a *summary* of the steps you take

https://connormcdonald.wordpress.com/2015/06/06/cross-platform-database-migration/



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