AIX 4.3.3 , Oracle 7.3.4 coredumps at startup

From: lost in dbspace (nospam_at_nospam.yup)
Date: 11/07/03 

Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 20:08:44 -0600

I need to move an Oracle 7.3.4 database and application from an old
AIX 4.2.1 J40 machine to a newer p660 box that is running 4.3.3 of
AIX. I cannot port the database to Oracle 8 or later since the app
progs are closed-source (was written in cobol), the vendor is not
around anymore, and they used variable names imbedded in the sql of
the apps that are now reserved words in Oracle 8 and later. I
installed the Oracle 7.3.4 from cdrom onto the new machine, did a
clone-style copy of the database filles over but the instant you run
svrmgrl and try to do a "startup nomount" to get ready to create new
controlfiles, Oracle 7.3.4 instantly coredumps. Even when trying to
build the default demo ORCL database during 7.3.4 installation, it too
coredumps instantly when it tries to start the Oracle engine for the
first time. A hand-built, fresh, empty database instance will not
start either.

The new machine already has Oracle 8.1.7 running on it, installed in
another filesystem, and I'm using the proper /etc/pw-syscall version 3
with support for both 32 and 64 bits. The AIX 4.3.3 is at ML9, and I
have bos.rte.aio at version 4.3.3.75.

Will Oracle 7.3.4 compiled for AIX 4.1/4.2 just simply not run on this
new machine? The old machine had 7.3.4 and 8.0.5 running concurrently
with no problems for a long time, but it's out of disk space now and I
really need to get the database and apps onto the newer box since it
has boatloats of disk space, ram, and cpu horsepower to spare.

Any ideas?

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