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Connor McDonald

Thanks for the question, Paul.

Asked: January 24, 2017 - 5:29 pm UTC

Last updated: January 25, 2017 - 1:53 am UTC

Version: 11.2.0.4

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Can I have a primary database of a dataguard running on Sun Solaris and have the standby by running on Linux in a physical standby running on 11.2.0.4? and I intend to use rman

and Connor said...

See this thread

https://community.oracle.com/thread/2233719?start=0&tstart=0

For the same endian, different platforms are supported. But for Linux and Sun Solaris, I think you might be out of luck

SQL> select * from V$TRANSPORTABLE_PLATFORM;

PLATFORM_ID PLATFORM_NAME                                                                                         ENDIAN_FORMAT
----------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------
          1 Solaris[tm] OE (32-bit)                                                                               Big
          2 Solaris[tm] OE (64-bit)                                                                               Big
          7 Microsoft Windows IA (32-bit)                                                                         Little
         10 Linux IA (32-bit)                                                                                     Little
          6 AIX-Based Systems (64-bit)                                                                            Big
          3 HP-UX (64-bit)                                                                                        Big
          5 HP Tru64 UNIX                                                                                         Little
          4 HP-UX IA (64-bit)                                                                                     Big
         11 Linux IA (64-bit)                                                                                     Little
         15 HP Open VMS                                                                                           Little
          8 Microsoft Windows IA (64-bit)                                                                         Little
          9 IBM zSeries Based Linux                                                                               Big
         13 Linux x86 64-bit                                                                                      Little
         16 Apple Mac OS                                                                                          Big
         12 Microsoft Windows x86 64-bit                                                                          Little
         17 Solaris Operating System (x86)                                                                        Little
         18 IBM Power Based Linux                                                                                 Big
         19 HP IA Open VMS                                                                                        Little
         20 Solaris Operating System (x86-64)                                                                     Little
         21 Apple Mac OS (x86-64)                                                                                 Little



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