Thanks a lot, extracted below the replies : You just need to use Solaris 8 and 9 containers on Solaris 10 and tyou can then take advantage of your nice new hardware... Take a look at the website for it here which has plenty of info. http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/containers/index.jsp +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ You just need to use Solaris 8 and 9 containers on Solaris 10 and tyou can then take advantage of your nice new hardware... Take a look at the website for it here which has plenty of info. http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/containers/index.jsp +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ You should just try the app on solaris 10. It will probably just work. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Can Oracle 8 run on Solaris 10? While not supported by Oracle (not that Oracle 8 is still supportable outside of extended contract) you can run Oralce 8 on Solaris 10. I have a few T2000 servers running in that setup. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ You can use Solaris 10 zones to encompass Solaris 8 and 9 installs, provided you don't need any extremely special hardware access. So you could buy any newer hardware running Solaris 10, install a Solaris 8 zone inside, and migrate your app to that zone: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/820-2914 Otherwise you can look through the Sun System Handbook and see if anything is listed as supporting Solaris 8, but i don't think you will find anything: http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/validateUser.do?target=Systems/index If you really need real hardware for the OS, you could try buying something off of ebay. Last i checked, fully loaded v880's go for around $4k. You can again check the Sun System Handbook for more recent hardware models that support Solaris 8 and might still get Sun support for, such as a v890. You might also try a third party support provider and see if they will support the older hardware for you. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ We faced the same issue where I work and I ended up getting new Sun Sparc hardware (Sunfire T2000's) and running solaris 10 on them. With solaris 10 you can use containers to run solaris8 and 9 virtual machines through something called a "branded zone". I use solaris 8 branded zones to run legacy seismic applications and they seem to work fine. You can download solaris 10 and the solaris 8 and 9 branded zone software for free from sun.com so you could try it out on some older sun hardware to make sure it's going to work for you. Let me know if you have any questions. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Yes, Oracle 8 runs on Solaris 10 :) You can consolidate serveral 'old' servers into Solaris zones, either 8/9/10 with Solaris 10. Solaris binary compatible even backwards. Francisco Puente +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ You can run Solaris 8 in a Zone on a Solaris 10 machine, or Oracle 8 and any other Solaris 8 binary should run on Solaris 10. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Firstly, I believe the latest boxes running Solaris 8 are the Sun V440s; Secondly, if Oracle 8 can run on Solaris 9, you may be able to get V445s; +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Hi, only SF490 with 1.35Ghz boards are able to run Solaris 8. There is no other system that you can currently buy. Maybe you could migrate your databases to Solaris 10. And use your Solaris 8 applications with Solaris 8 containers running on Solaris 10;-) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ If you've got E450s then a likely option would be a 2nd user v480. You can pick them up for about $1500. Otherwise a v490/v880/v890 would fit the bill. Oracle 8 (must be EOL by now surely?) probably would run on Sol10 but I'm guessing it's not supported. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ You might want to look at the Solaris 8 compatibility stuff that's included with Solaris 10's zones. You're not going to be able to image a disk and boot on new hardware though... +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I checked with out DBA and he says that Oracle 8 will run on Solaris 10 (albeit unsupported) so I would go for that. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ try creating a flar archive of the old machines with oracle stuff included. Then create a branded zone for Solaris 8 on a Solaris 10 box with big enough capacity to hold the flar. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Wikipedia tells me Solaris 8 will be supported until March 2012: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solaris_(operating_system)#Versions +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ You might want to look at the Solaris 8 compatibility stuff that's included with Solaris 10's zones. You're not going to be able to image a disk and boot on new hardware though... On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 7:52 AM, sunhux G <sunhux@gmail.com> wrote: > > We have a couple of E250/450 that's going to be end of hardware > maintenance (Dec 2009) and we can't buy further maintenance > support from Sun. > > As our legacy applications run on Solaris 8 and Oracle 8, we plan > to get newer hardware models and just port over Solaris/Oracle 8 > to the newer hardware. > > Any idea which models can still support Solaris 8? > > Can Oracle 8 run on Solaris 10? > > > Thanks > U _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagersReceived on Fri Feb 27 22:40:13 2009
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