From: Lars Marowsky-Bree (lmb@suse.de)
Date: Fri Oct 04 2002 - 11:07:48 CEST
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 11:07:48 +0200 From: Lars Marowsky-Bree <lmb@suse.de> Message-ID: <20021004090748.GA13694@marowsky-bree.de> Subject: Re: [suse-oracle] Re: SuSE vs RedHat with Oracle - FYI
On 2002-10-04T10:37:43,
Michael Rauter <rauter@ctos.de> said:
> We are planning to install SLES-7 on a customers site next week. Is the
> next release (SLES-8 based on UL) compatible to make an update
> installation over SLES-7 or do we have to install the server completely
> from scratch ?
No. There will be no out of the box upgrade path possible; at least that is
the status right now.
The reason for this is that SLES8 is going to be quite different from SLES7
because of UnitedLinux; we've integrated a lot of technology from the partners
and other requirements, so SLES8 powered by UL is indeed a different beast
than SLES7.
None of the UL partners will have a "smooth" upgrade to UL1 from their
previous enterprise product because of this I'm afraid.
However, a smooth upgrade from UL1 to UL2 is a high priority.
In general, OS upgrades (as opposed to updating just a few packages) in
production setups are difficult. I personally prefer a complete new install,
test the install, test the migration, migrate. This also helps ensure that
only documented services are installed, or (vice versa) all modifications are
documented ;-) But then, I get paid to be paranoid, so your mileage will
vary.
> The customers site is running with Suse 7.0 and Oracle 8.1.6 right now
> and the installation next week should bring it up to SLES-7 with Oracle 9iR2
If SLES7 meets your requirements, go ahead. If you want to ultimately go with
SLES8, I'd suggest to wait for it.
Sincerely,
Lars Marowsky-Brée <lmb@suse.de>
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