Upgrading Oracle 8.x to a supported release

If you are using Rational® ClearQuest® 2003.06.xx with Oracle 8.x, you must migrate the data in these databases to a supported version

Review your upgrade plan to identify which version of Oracle you have selected to migrate to. If you have not selected a version, review Vendor database and platform support for a list of supported databases.

If all of your Rational ClearQuest schema repositories and user databases were created with Rational ClearQuest version 2003.06.13 or later, migrate them to a supported version. Also, if you are using the LONG datatype, you must convert to the CLOB datatype. For information, see Converting Oracle LONG data to CLOB data.

Rational ClearQuest versions 2003.06.12 and earlier do not support Oracle 9.2 and 10. If you have Rational ClearQuest schema repositories and user databases created with version 2003.06.12 or earlier, you must upgrade them to Rational ClearQuest version 2003.06.13 or later, and then migrate to Oracle 9.2 or 10.

In this situation, you might want to upgrade your Rational ClearQuest schema repositories and user databases to Rational ClearQuest Version 7.1.x. This is less work than upgrading immediately to version 2003.06.13 or 2003.06.15, and then upgrading later to Version 7.1.x.

To migrate from Oracle 8.x to a supported version, install the newer version of the Oracle database management system, and use the Maintenance Tool and the Designer to move the schema repositories and user databases.


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