Re: upgrade

It's relatively easy but will take some time and effort: 1. Read the upgrade manual. 2. Read the administration manuals that came with 7.2 All of them, and every page. 3. Read the manuals on backup/restore. Select the tool you want to use and learn it - every detail of it. 4. Read the other manuals - at least cursory. 5. Do the upgrade as per the manuals. This is what we did from SE to 5.x Online and on to 6.x and 7.x. It has worked out reasonably well. It would be helpfull to get the manuals from the administration courses Informix is giving, or go to them yourself. If this is too hard you may need external help. There is no shortcut to this. If you have only administered a 5.x database before you have to learn several new things for the upgrade and later maintenance to be successfull. Thuc Nguyen <thucn@inconnect.com> wrote: :Hi... :I have received an Informix Online 7.20 tape along with the Migration :guide and am planning to upgrade it from Online 5.13 on the HP/OS 10.20 :version. The guide is pretty thicky. :Do you have any Informix Upgrade Processing outline or instruction that :makes it easier for me to read and follow the step by step instruction? :If you have it, can you please fax at (801) 578-3968 or email me. :Any helpful experience will be appreciated! :Thanks :Thuc Nguyen Nils.Myklebust@idg.no NM Data AS, P.O.Box 9090 Gronland, N-0133 Oslo, Norway My opinions are those of my company The Informix FAQ is at http://www.iiug.org