UC3 to UC5
The original poster upgraded IDS 10.00.UC3 to UC5 by installing into a new INFORMIXDIR and pointing the existing data devices at it, and asked about problems. Christine Normile, Paul Watson and Art S. Kagel confirmed this is the correct method. Another poster advised matching SERVERNUM in both onconfigs. Art noted version upgrades, unlike maintenance releases, may need a reversion first; check release notes.
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I am upgrading from IDS 10.00.UC3 to UC5. I have installed UC5 into a new INFORMIXDIR and pointed the data devices from UC3 to the new version. Works fine and reverting the same devices back to UC3 seems ok. Does anyone know of any problems with doing this?
That's exactly how it should be done. You should not encounter any problems with that process. Christine Normile christinenormile@mac.com On Sep 9, 2006, at 2:20 AM, tichman@excite.com wrote: > I am upgrading from IDS 10.00.UC3 to UC5. I have installed UC5 into a > new INFORMIXDIR and pointed the data devices from UC3 to the new > version. Works fine and reverting the same devices back to UC3 seems > ok. Does anyone know of any problems with doing this? > > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list
Sounds good to me Paul Watson Tel: +44 1414161772 Mob: +44 7818003457 Web: www.oninit.com GO FURTHER with DB2 GET THERE FASTER with Informix. Attend the IDUG 2006 European Conference. Vienna, Austria. 2-6 October 2006 Visit http://www.iiug.org/conf for more information. > -----Original Message----- > From: tichman@excite.com [mailto:tichman@excite.com] > Posted At: 09 September 2006 02:21 > Posted To: comp.databases.informix > Conversation: UC3 to UC5 > Subject: UC3 to UC5 > > > I am upgrading from IDS 10.00.UC3 to UC5. I have installed > UC5 into a new INFORMIXDIR and pointed the data devices from > UC3 to the new version. Works fine and reverting the same > devices back to UC3 seems ok. Does anyone know of any > problems with doing this? >
tichman@excite.com wrote: > I am upgrading from IDS 10.00.UC3 to UC5. I have installed UC5 into a > new INFORMIXDIR and pointed the data devices from UC3 to the new > version. Works fine and reverting the same devices back to UC3 seems > ok. Does anyone know of any problems with doing this? Make sure that you have the same SERVERNUM on both onconfigs. This may prevent you from having the two instances online on the same data chunks at the same time.
tichman@excite.com wrote: > I am upgrading from IDS 10.00.UC3 to UC5. I have installed UC5 into a > new INFORMIXDIR and pointed the data devices from UC3 to the new > version. Works fine and reverting the same devices back to UC3 seems > ok. Does anyone know of any problems with doing this? > As Christine said, this is exactly how it should be done. Congrats. One point, if this were a more extensive upgrade you MAY have had to perform a reversion under the new release before being able to bring up the old one. This is never required between maintenance releases, but version upgrades MAY require it. The release notes of the newer release will normally specify what upgrades require a reversion and you should make yourself aware of that before bringing the new release online. Art S. Kagel