RE: IDS 7.3x Admin courses???

Posted in 2000

JOHN CARLSON — Wed, 12 Jul 2000 09:52:19 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

> -----Original Message----- > From: Obnoxio The Clown [SMTP:obnoxio@hotmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 7:56 AM > To: drumzspace@my-deja.com; informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Re: IDS 7.3x Admin courses??? > > From: drumzspace <drumzspace@my-deja.com> > > > >Got a small dilemma here. We are running Peoplesoft with IDS 7.31 on > >HPUX 10.20 and need to train somebody as my backup (so I can go on > >vacations and actually live a life). HOWEVER, after perusing the > >Informix course catalog we find that, hey, the only Informix admin > >classes being offered are for IDS.2000. > > > >Well, we'd just LOVE to upgrade, but IDS.2000 is not supported by our > >version of PeopleSoft, and won't be for probably another year or so. > >So we're left with either of these two options: > > > >1) Hire a third party to train the employee(s) > > > >or > > > >2) Convert to (*ahem*...*cough*) Oracle, due to the superior PeopleSoft > >support on Oracle platforms > > > I noticed the same 'problem' with Oracle. We're currently running an application on Oracle 7.3.4, but the Oracle DBA class I went to taught me Oracle 8. Same, same when it comes to database administration. > >SO MY QUESTION IS: can anyone recommend a third party Informix training > >option for 7.3x??? Or, has anyone else come across this problem with > >the need for training? How have you gotten around it? > > > >I'd much rather stick with Informix due to its stability and ease of > >administration, but they're not leaving me with much of a choice here. > >I'll convert to Oracle in a second if it will mean my long-term > >support/training concerns will be solved. > > Here in Britain, we're big fans of "The Third Way" our revered leader > espouses (aren't we, folks?) If you send your DBA on IDS.2000 training, he > > will be quite capable of administering your 7.3x databases, so it's not > really an issue. > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com