RE: Upgrading from version 4.1.2 to 7.2.4

Posted in 1999

Rick Rabe — Wed, 4 Aug 1999 17:52:22 -0500 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BEDECC.034FE6B0 Content-Type: text/plain Just so happens we did this in the spring. Went from 4.10.UF3 on Pyramid Nile 150s running DC/OSx UNIX to 7.24.UC6 on Siemens-Pyramid RM600s running Reliant UNIX. Yes, the kernel parameters were bumped on several items. A few beyond the standard max in mtune. See the release notes for 7.x for your platform. Also allocated a lot more resources in the 7.24 onconfig of course. Use the onstat command along with sar, vmstat, etc. for monitoring disks, memory, etc. > ---------- > From: Webber Valerie H[SMTP:Valerie.H.Webber@m1.irs.gov] > Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 10:33 AM > To: 'informix-list@iiug.org' > Subject: Upgrading from version 4.1.2 to 7.2.4 > Sensitivity: Private > > Does any one have any information or experience with upgrading for > Informix > 4.1.2 to Informix 7.2.4 in one shot? I'm not an Informix person but am an > Oracle DBA trying to assist a group using Informix database on a Pyramid > OS. > > > I am aware of the architecture changes in Informix 7 but can any one > provide > information about the system requirements for Informix 7? They performed a > live system test the other day that brought the system to its knees. > > Also, do you know of any database utilities that can be used to monitor > the > system and I/O contention on the database? > > thanks in advance! > Valerie > > Valerie H. Webber > Valerie.H.Webber@m1.irs.gov > 704-569-1002 x107 > ------_=_NextPart_001_01BEDECC.034FE6B0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 5.5.2448.0"> <TITLE>RE: Upgrading from version 4.1.2 to 7.2.4</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Just so = happens we did this in the spring. Went from 4.10.UF3 on Pyramid Nile = 150s running DC/OSx UNIX to 7.24.UC6 on Siemens-Pyramid RM600s running = Reliant UNIX. Yes, the = kernel parameters were bumped on several items. A few beyond the = standard max in mtune. See the release notes for 7.x for your platform. = Also allocated a lot more resources in the 7.24 onconfig of = course. Use the onstat = command along with sar, vmstat, etc. for monitoring disks, memory, = etc. <UL> ---------- From:   = Webber Valerie = H[SMTP:Valerie.H.Webber@m1.irs.gov] Sent:   = Wednesday, August 04, 1999 10:33 = AM To: =     'informix-list@iiug.org' Subject: =        Upgrading from version 4.1.2 to 7.2.4 Sensitivity: =    Private Does any one have any information or = experience with upgrading for Informix 4.1.2 to Informix 7.2.4 in one shot? = I'm not an Informix person but am an Oracle DBA trying to assist a group = using Informix database on a Pyramid OS. I am aware of the architecture changes = in Informix 7 but can any one provide information about the system = requirements for Informix 7? They performed a live system test the other day that = brought the system to its knees. Also, do you know of any database = utilities that can be used to monitor the system and I/O contention on the = database? thanks in advance! Valerie Valerie H. Webber Valerie.H.Webber@m1.irs.gov 704-569-1002 x107 </UL> </BODY> </HTML> ------_=_NextPart_001_01BEDECC.034FE6B0--