Migration and patches

Posted in 2014

Topics: Installation, Setup & Upgrades, Migration, Import/Export & Data Conversion, Versions, Editions & End-of-Life

ROGER VILCA — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 17:40:29 — source: IIUG Forums & Mailing Lists

Hi, I have a question, We have the version 11.50F8 of Informix Server running on HPUX. We want to move towards the last "F" of the 11.50, ie 11.50 F9. (The movement to later versions is not possible in the short term due to various validations that we have to do with many programs and connections drivers.) My question is whether this movement is considered an "upgrade" as such, or just be an update patch. I mean sysmaster database should not be altered, nor the metadata should change nor should there be risk of corruption. Please, provide any clues acording your experience. Thanks, Roger

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Art Kagel — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 17:49:24 — source: IIUG Forums & Mailing Lists

Roger: AFAIK, 11.50.FC9 isn't released yet (at least it wasn't as of two weeks ago when I checked for a client). That said, a minor version upgrade is normally not disruptive. Most of the time sysmaster, sysadmin, sysutils, and sysuser are not rebuilt - however, sometimes they are. There's no way to know before actually running the upgrade without reading the release notes and asking support. An upgrade I just did between .FC7 and .FC8 did not do so. However, I always drop and recreate all data distributions even for a minor version upgrade. I find that bit of paranoia avoids problems down the road and the only downside is the possibility of some additional downtime before applications can be brought offline. Art Art S. Kagel, Principal Consultant ASK Database Management Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/ Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am associated either explicitly, implicitly, or by inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves. On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 1:40 PM, ROGER VILCA <rvilca@luzdelsur.com.pe> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a question, > > We have the version 11.50F8 of Informix Server running on HPUX. We want to > move towards the last "F" of the 11.50, ie 11.50 F9. > (The movement to later versions is not possible in the short term due to > various validations that we have to do with many programs and connections > drivers.) > > My question is whether this movement is considered an "upgrade" as such, or > just be an update patch. > > I mean sysmaster database should not be altered, nor the metadata should > change nor should there be risk of corruption. > Please, provide any clues acording your experience. > > Thanks, > Roger > > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > --001a1133a628e0f16504fdc653aa

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ROGER VILCA — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 01:50:25 — source: IIUG Forums & Mailing Lists

Thanks Art, Is the same for the letter "W" ? For example F9 to F9W3 is considered a migration ? Regards, Roger

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Art Kagel — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 03:01:13 — source: IIUG Forums & Mailing Lists

X's and W's are bug fix patch releases. So no changes in internal structures are likely. Art Art S. Kagel Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on the IIUG or any other organization with which I sm associated either explicitely or implicitely not on individuals affiliated with those organizations. On Jul 9, 2014 9:50 PM, "ROGER VILCA" <rvilca@luzdelsur.com.pe> wrote: > Thanks Art, > > Is the same for the letter "W" ? > For example F9 to F9W3 is considered a migration ? > > Regards, > Roger > > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > --001a11c348882cfac304fdce091e