I'm currently using Oracle 11g on Windows 2000 Server.
I make a full database backup (e.g. backup database plus archivelog) and I want to restore this backup on Linux.
What are the appropriate steps to restore this backup to Linux?
Note: I have configured controlfile autobackup on;
Best Regards,
Sarith
Best Answer
Short answer: You can't. If your windows system is dead, you'll need to restore to another windows system. From there you must migrate your database using Oracle utilities:
Metalink indicates the following:
There is no Migration utility (Script or DBUA) to perform a cross platform migration.
To change platforms require the database instance be re-built and / or the data moved using one of the following methods:
The choices available will depend on BOTH the OS and Oracle versions of both the source and destination.
For example RMAN Convert Database only works if both source and destination belong to same ENDIAN format.
Transportable Tablespaces has a convert function to convert from one ENDIAN format to another.
HTH.