From: Paul Gilligan (pdgilligan@oyap.net)
Date: Fri Oct 04 2002 - 10:50:21 CEST
From: "Paul Gilligan" <pdgilligan@oyap.net> date: Fri, 04 Oct 2002 08:50:21 -0000 Message-Id: <20021004085021.8DBBEC222@om1.oyap.net> Subject: Re: [suse-oracle] Re: SuSE vs RedHat with Oracle - FYI
Danke Lars!
> 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>
>
> --
> Engineering Lead HA/Clustering
> Research and Development, SuSE Linux AG
>
> ``Immortality is an adequate definition of high availability for me.''
> --- Gregory F. Pfister
>
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