Solaris 10 upgrade

Posted in 2006

Topics: Installation, Setup & Upgrades, Platform-Specific Issues

Neil Truby — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 18:39:01 +0100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Our customer (not the "How long is a piece of string" one!) has order two v890s, one in London and one in Sydney. The Sydney one arrived first and the local Solaris experts installed Solaris 1/06 and applied the latest patches. The London one, which I'm responsible for, has arrived with Solaris 3/05 preinstalled. I was going to patch it up to the latest patch bundle. However, the Oz people have suggested that we completely re-intsall with Solaris 1/06 then apply the latest patches. Would the effect be any different ...? cheers -- Neil

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Neil Truby — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 18:39:47 +0100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Wrong group, sorry! -- Neil Truby t:01932 724027 Director m:07798 811708 Ardenta Limited e:neil.truby@ardenta.com "Neil Truby" <neil.truby@ardenta.com> wrote in message news:4aa565FsbvsoU1@individual.net... > Our customer (not the "How long is a piece of string" one!) has order two > v890s, one in London and one in Sydney. The Sydney one arrived first and > the local Solaris experts installed Solaris 1/06 and applied the latest > patches. > > The London one, which I'm responsible for, has arrived with Solaris 3/05 > preinstalled. I was going to patch it up to the latest patch bundle. > However, the Oz people have suggested that we completely re-intsall with > Solaris 1/06 then apply the latest patches. > > Would the effect be any different ...? > > cheers > > -- > Neil >

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TBP — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 17:52:45 GMT — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Neil Truby wrote: > Our customer (not the "How long is a piece of string" one!) has order two > v890s, one in London and one in Sydney. The Sydney one arrived first and > the local Solaris experts installed Solaris 1/06 and applied the latest > patches. > > The London one, which I'm responsible for, has arrived with Solaris 3/05 > preinstalled. I was going to patch it up to the latest patch bundle. > However, the Oz people have suggested that we completely re-intsall with > Solaris 1/06 then apply the latest patches. > > Would the effect be any different ...? > > cheers > Yes, probably. Base plus LOADS of patches vs Later Base plus LESS patches Given the choice I would go for the recommendation - check your disk I/O rates as well :O

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Paul Watson — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:26:42 -0500 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

It depends, what was installed on each server. The OEM might have changed so you might have new packages etc Cheers Paul Paul Watson Tel: +44 1414161772 Mob: +44 7818003457 GO FURTHER with DB2 GET THERE FASTER with Informix. Attend the IDUG 2006 North America Conference. Tampa, Florida, USA. 7-11 May 2006. Visit http://www.iiug.org/conf for more information. > -----Original Message----- > From: Neil Truby [mailto:neil.truby@ardenta.com] > Posted At: Friday, April 14, 2006 12:39 PM > Posted To: comp.databases.informix > Conversation: Solaris 10 upgrade > Subject: Solaris 10 upgrade > > > Our customer (not the "How long is a piece of string" one!) > has order two > v890s, one in London and one in Sydney. The Sydney one > arrived first and > the local Solaris experts installed Solaris 1/06 and applied > the latest > patches. > > The London one, which I'm responsible for, has arrived with > Solaris 3/05 > preinstalled. I was going to patch it up to the latest patch bundle. > However, the Oz people have suggested that we completely > re-intsall with > Solaris 1/06 then apply the latest patches. > > Would the effect be any different ...? > > cheers > > -- > Neil > >

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david@smooth1.co.uk — 14 Apr 2006 17:19:45 -0700 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

"Would the effect be any different ...? " Yes... additional packages do NOT appear in patches... I would reinstall with the same they have...