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How to Migrate a WE8ISO8859P1 DB to AL32UTF8 using DMU 1.2 - an example (Doc ID 1546507.1)

Last updated on APRIL 10, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Standard Edition - Version 11.2.0.1 and later
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.1 and later
Database Migration Assistant for Unicode - Version 1.2 to 1.2 [Release 1.0]
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Purpose

 The purpose of this Document is to provide detailed steps to change database Character Set ( NLS_CHARACTERSET ) from WE8ISO8859P1 to AL32UTF8 using Database Migration Assistant for Unicode ( DMU 1.2 ).

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In this Document
Purpose
Scope
Details
 1. What is DMU , serverside requirements and how to install and start the DMU client
 2. What to do before using the DMU tool?
  3. An Example: How to Migrate a WE8ISO8859P1 DB to AL32UTF8
 4. Troubleshooting DMU issues
 5. How to Migrate a Multitenant PDB Character set to AL32UTF8 using DMU 
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