Re: IDS 7.3 and RedHat ES
sdurity@cornercap.com (Sean R. Durity) wrote in message news:<a1dd8270.0312081027.70a6dc66@posting.google.com>... > kwood@acs.roadway.com (Kelly Wood) wrote in message news:<69ab225d.0312062117.b5ea965@posting.google.com>... > > All, > > Anyone have any luck with the RedHat Enterprise System (RHES 2.1 or > > 3.0) > > and installing/running the IDS 7.3 Engine, SQLRT, and CLIENTSDK? > > There are, as you mentioned, glibc problems with later versions of Red > Hat (RH9, ES/AS 2.1 or 3.0). Having just gotten IDS 9.4 to run on RH9, > I can tell you that nothing is really supported on RH9 yet. (IDS > 9.40.UC2 ran without a problem; blademgr was another story, however.) > IDS 9.40.UC3, which is due out in a few weeks is certified for RH 3.0. > I'm going to guess that you'll have to get a ported version of 7.3 > also (if it is going to be supported on the Linux platform). For tools > (Client SDK, 4GL), you have to open a case with support and get a > "patch port" version. I am in the midst of this now, so I can't > comment on if/how it works. > > FWIW - Some folks on the Linux list are trying to raise the profile of > these problems so that IBM addresses this platform more quickly and > correctly. Calling support is one of the best ways to do this. > > Also, some of the actual developers hang out on the linux-informix > list and help solve these problems more quickly than on this list. > Join IIUG (free) if you aren't already a member and then sign up for > the linux-informix Special Interest Group (SIG) list. > > Sean Durity > Moderator, Linux-Informix Sean & Michael, Thanks for the info/help! We have a case open (Opened 12/8) with IBM/Informix concerning the "build errors" and they are supposed to get back with me for the RH9 Patch. Ill get on the IIUG list ASAP. RH3.0 and IDS 7.3 are the right platforms for our business requirements and we really need this to work correctly. If it does not, we will be force to fall back to AIX5 which we tested and ran into a lot of problems. Kelly
Kelly Wood wrote: > sdurity@cornercap.com (Sean R. Durity) wrote in message news:<a1dd8270.0312081027.70a6dc66@posting.google.com>... > >>kwood@acs.roadway.com (Kelly Wood) wrote in message news:<69ab225d.0312062117.b5ea965@posting.google.com>... >> >>>All, >>>Anyone have any luck with the RedHat Enterprise System (RHES 2.1 or >>>3.0) >>>and installing/running the IDS 7.3 Engine, SQLRT, and CLIENTSDK? >> >>There are, as you mentioned, glibc problems with later versions of Red >>Hat (RH9, ES/AS 2.1 or 3.0). Having just gotten IDS 9.4 to run on RH9, >>I can tell you that nothing is really supported on RH9 yet. (IDS >>9.40.UC2 ran without a problem; blademgr was another story, however.) >>IDS 9.40.UC3, which is due out in a few weeks is certified for RH 3.0. >>I'm going to guess that you'll have to get a ported version of 7.3 >>also (if it is going to be supported on the Linux platform). For tools >>(Client SDK, 4GL), you have to open a case with support and get a >>"patch port" version. I am in the midst of this now, so I can't >>comment on if/how it works. >> > > >>FWIW - Some folks on the Linux list are trying to raise the profile of >>these problems so that IBM addresses this platform more quickly and >>correctly. Calling support is one of the best ways to do this. >> >>Also, some of the actual developers hang out on the linux-informix >>list and help solve these problems more quickly than on this list. >>Join IIUG (free) if you aren't already a member and then sign up for >>the linux-informix Special Interest Group (SIG) list. >> >>Sean Durity >>Moderator, Linux-Informix > > > Sean & Michael, > Thanks for the info/help! > We have a case open (Opened 12/8) with IBM/Informix concerning the > "build errors" and they are supposed to get back with me for the RH9 > Patch. > Ill get on the IIUG list ASAP. > RH3.0 and IDS 7.3 are the right platforms for our business > requirements and we really need this to work correctly. If it does > not, we will be force to fall back to AIX5 which we tested and ran > into a lot of problems. > > Kelly Would you mind sharing the info about AIX5 problems with me online or offline. I have a customer looking at that upgrade right now. Also is there anything preventing you from going to 9.4? To e-mail remove all caps from my address. Thanks Michael
Michael Krzepkowski <NOmichaelkSPAM@sqlcanada.com> wrote in message news:<3FD5E360.4080809@sqlcanada.com>... > Kelly Wood wrote: > > sdurity@cornercap.com (Sean R. Durity) wrote in message news:<a1dd8270.0312081027.70a6dc66@posting.google.com>... > > > >>kwood@acs.roadway.com (Kelly Wood) wrote in message news:<69ab225d.0312062117.b5ea965@posting.google.com>... > >> > >>>All, > >>>Anyone have any luck with the RedHat Enterprise System (RHES 2.1 or > >>>3.0) > >>>and installing/running the IDS 7.3 Engine, SQLRT, and CLIENTSDK? > >> > >>There are, as you mentioned, glibc problems with later versions of Red > >>Hat (RH9, ES/AS 2.1 or 3.0). Having just gotten IDS 9.4 to run on RH9, > >>I can tell you that nothing is really supported on RH9 yet. (IDS > >>9.40.UC2 ran without a problem; blademgr was another story, however.) > >>IDS 9.40.UC3, which is due out in a few weeks is certified for RH 3.0. > >>I'm going to guess that you'll have to get a ported version of 7.3 > >>also (if it is going to be supported on the Linux platform). For tools > >>(Client SDK, 4GL), you have to open a case with support and get a > >>"patch port" version. I am in the midst of this now, so I can't > >>comment on if/how it works. > >> > > > > > >>FWIW - Some folks on the Linux list are trying to raise the profile of > >>these problems so that IBM addresses this platform more quickly and > >>correctly. Calling support is one of the best ways to do this. > >> > >>Also, some of the actual developers hang out on the linux-informix > >>list and help solve these problems more quickly than on this list. > >>Join IIUG (free) if you aren't already a member and then sign up for > >>the linux-informix Special Interest Group (SIG) list. > >> > >>Sean Durity > >>Moderator, Linux-Informix > > > > > > Sean & Michael, > > Thanks for the info/help! > > We have a case open (Opened 12/8) with IBM/Informix concerning the > > "build errors" and they are supposed to get back with me for the RH9 > > Patch. > > Ill get on the IIUG list ASAP. > > RH3.0 and IDS 7.3 are the right platforms for our business > > requirements and we really need this to work correctly. If it does > > not, we will be force to fall back to AIX5 which we tested and ran > > into a lot of problems. > > > > Kelly > > Would you mind sharing the info about AIX5 problems with me > online or offline. I have a customer looking at that upgrade right now. > > Also is there anything preventing you from going to 9.4? > To e-mail remove all caps from my address. > > Thanks > > Michael I got an email from Informix support today and a follow-up call! Guess what is somewhat available? IDS 7.3 UD7, last GA release is UD6, it was reported to me that this new build should (needs additional validation) correct the library incompatability with the RHES 3.0 OS! Ill Keep you posted! Michael, Our number one problem was the third party applications support for AIX 5.X. Informix seemed to run smoothly, but we could not fully evaluate it due to other application integration with IDS. We looked at 5.2 and there was NO support and they were quoting 6 months to a year before they would be ready. IBM AIX OS was 4th/5th on the list for ports. (WIN/SUN or Solaris/Linux/?/AIX) Even 5.1 had limited support, we would have been required to "hack" the systems to work the way we needed it to. ISM support for AIX is marginal, look into the pax utility, a known "bug" for 5+ years, the recommeded fix, turn off standard error when using! Nice fix! Yes, pax is old, but to keep the migration short and sweet, it was decided to stay with it. All of this was 6+ months ago, so the support should be there by now