Re: Upgrading from 7.11 to 7.30

In article <6kf5r5$m4a$1@news.xmission.com>, Fontaine, Maurice <Maurice.Fontaine@fmr.com> writes > >We are preparing to upgrade from 7.11.uc1 to 7.30.uc2. > >Our current environment is Informix 7.11.uc1 running on Solaris 2.4, >although the development server is running 7.11.uc1 on Solaris 2.5.1. > >We are upgrading to 7.30.uc2 on Solaris 2.5.1. > >This application receives feeds from several other systems/processes. These >processes are UNIX ESQL/C programs written in either versions 5.x, 7.1 and >7.2 of the ESQL/C client (these are part of other systems that are not being >upgraded). >We also do distributed SQL calls between 7.11 and 5.x servers. >We have a variety of front-ends written in VB and Powerbuilder using 16-bit >(Intersolv) and 32-bit (Informix CLI 2.5 and 2.8) ODBC connections. > >This message is to generally ask "how is the upgrade to 7.30 from 7.11". > >However, some of my specific questions are: >How stable is 7.30? >Is it better to go to 7.24 instead of 7.30? We prefer to go to 7.30 to take >advantage of the new features. 7.30 would be better. >Can you upgrade directly from 7.11 to 7.30 (the manual indicates you can) Yes. >Can you revert back to 7.11 from 7.30 ( the manual indicates you can't) ?? >Can you run 7.11.uc1 on Solaris 2.5.1. Production is running 7.11 on Solaris >2.4, however we would like to upgrade the OS before upgrading Informix so >this means Informix 7.11 will need to run on Solaris 2.5.1 for a little >while. You would need a copy of 7.11.uc1 for Solaris 2.5.1. You existing Solaris 2.4 version would not be sure of working. >Are the ESQL/C clients backward compatible. When we upgrade to 7.30. can the >clients remain as they are? > They should but a recompile may make them faster.. >Any feedback/experiences you have will be greatly appreciated. We have an >aggressive installation schedule and any gocha's/issues that we can >determine up front would be helpful in planning the implementation. > >Thank you >========================== >Maurice A Fontaine >maurice.fontaine@fmr.com >========================== > > > > > > -- David Williams Maintainer of the Informix FAQ Primary site (Beta Version) http://www.smooth1.demon.co.uk Official site http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html I see you standin', Standin' on your own, It's such a lonely place for you, For you to be If you need a shoulder, Or if you need a friend, I'll be here standing, Until the bitter end... So don't chastise me Or think I, I mean you harm... All I ever wanted Was for you To know that I care