Solaris 10 upgrade
Neil Truby asked whether to patch a v890 with preinstalled Solaris 3/05 or reinstall Solaris 1/06 and patch, to match a Sydney twin. TBP said they would differ (base plus many patches versus later base plus fewer) and advised following the recommendation. Paul Watson said it depended on installed packages. Another poster advised reinstalling the same as the other server.
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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
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 >
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
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 > >
"Would the effect be any different ...? " Yes... additional packages do NOT appear in patches... I would reinstall with the same they have...