Re: 400-480MHz upgrade?

From: Thomas Schulz (schulz_at_adi.com)
Date: 02/24/04 

Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 22:09:32 +0000 (UTC)

In article <c1gh61$4ue$1@titan.btinternet.com>,
Andy Lennard <ck_karisma@SCRUB-THIS.hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>"Kent Smith" <ksmith@ipsoinc.com> wrote in message
>news:fben30l3df26v889fjo13nqqrjufdeds0a@4ax.com...
>> On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 20:35:42 GMT, Rich Teer <rich.teer@rite-group.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, Andy Lennard wrote:
>> >
>> >> Regrettably this machine uses some software that has not been (and
>never
>> >> will be) ported to anything later than Solaris2.6. In this case I'm
>stuck
>> >> with getting the best I can from what I've got...
>> >
>> >Provided the software sticks to published interfaces, running it
>> >on newer versions of Solaris shouldn't be a problem. Solaris'
>> >backwards compatibility is a big part of its value proposition
>> >(ugh, I sound like a manager - or worse, a marketroid!).
>> >
>> >It might be worth finding a spare machine, installing a newer
>> >version of Solaris, and then seeing if your app runs.
>>
>> I've been in Andy's position, I'm afraid. If you run vendor supported
>> software above its "Certified" OS rev, you lose all support from the
>> vendor. You are really trapped. Perhaps that upgrade cash could be
>> spent on the analysis of available replacements that would buy you
>> 8-10 years instead of 2-4. Bear in mind that Solaris 2.6 goes off
>> support in about 16 months.
>>
>Thanks for this sound advice. At the moment the cash needed to buy the
>hardware doesn't look too horrendous, and it would 'buy' the time to
>investigate the next step.
>
>I have already had a quick look at whether the system would work with, say,
>Solaris9. Most things do, but some code that we use is unavailable on
>Solaris9, or has been replaced by stuff with a different interface, or has
>been 'enhanced' and works differently on the later OE. And as this is a live
>machine at a customer site, I'll need to be very convinced before I consider
>swapping it out.
>
>So for now I'll concentrate on getting a bit more life from the existing
>box, with the minimum disruption and downtime on-site.
>
>Thanks to all responders so far. I'm now 'happy' about the hardware
>requirements. Just a bit uneasy about what patching I need to do to Solaris
>... Unfortunately I don't have a machine to test it on before I go to the
>customer site. Oops!
>
>Many thanks,
>Andy.

You probably know this, but just in case... Make certain that you have
backups of the system and verify that the backup media can be read before
you change anything. 

-- 
Tom Schulz
schulz@adi.com

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