<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Thanks a lot for your quick answer!!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black">From: <A title=wnelto@net.wm.edu href="mailto:wnelto@net.wm.edu">Norman Elton</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">To: <A title=redhat-list@redhat.com href="mailto:redhat-list@redhat.com">General Red Hat Linux discussion list</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 5:05 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Subject: Re: Moving into Linux Enterprise- Doubts/questions</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>Maria, RedHat Enterprise Installations require a full rebuild, there's no upgrade path into RHEL. Once you're at RHEL, subsequent releases won't require drastic measures. I installed RHEL 3 on a PowerEdge 2650, and had horrible times with the RAID driver. If your server runs the Perc3/Di driver, you'll want to do a little research before plunging into RHEL. There's a good website available for this, go to linux.dell.com. You can find a mailing list where people discuss this issue constantly. Good luck, Norman ------------------------------------------------------ Norman Elton Information Technology - Network Engineering College of William & Mary 757-221-7790 On Apr 6, 2004, at 3:49 PM, María Viola Deambrosis wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE> <?fontfamily><?param Comic Sans MS><?color><?param 0000,0000,8080><?x-tad-bigger>Hi,<?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily> <?fontfamily><?param Comic Sans MS><?color><?param 0000,0000,8080><?x-tad-bigger><?/x-tad-bigger><?bigger><?x-tad-bigger>We have a production Database Server, with<?/x-tad-bigger><?/bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE><?fontfamily><?param Times New Roman><?color><?param 0000,0000,8080>a <?/color><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Comic Sans MS><?color><?param 0000,0000,8080><?x-tad-bigger>professional Red Hat O.S installed.<?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily> <?fontfamily><?param Comic Sans MS><?color><?param 0000,0000,8080><?x-tad-bigger><?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE><?fontfamily><?param Comic Sans MS><?color><?param 0000,0000,8080><?smaller> <?/smaller><?/color><?/fontfamily> <?fontfamily><?param Comic Sans MS><?color><?param 0000,0000,8080><?x-tad-bigger>Here is detail information about it:<?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily> <?fontfamily><?param Comic Sans MS><?color><?param 0000,0000,8080><?x-tad-bigger> <?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily> <?fontfamily><?param Comic Sans MS><?color><?param 0000,0000,8080><?x-tad-bigger>Hardware:<?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily> <?fontfamily><?param Comic Sans MS><?color><?param 0000,0000,8080><?x-tad-bigger><?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Times><?x-tad-bigger>·<?/x-tad-bigger><?/fontfamily></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE><?fontfamily><?param Times New Roman><?smaller><?x-tad-smaller> <?/x-tad-smaller><?/smaller><?/fontfamily></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE><?fontfamily><?param Comic Sans MS><?color><?param 0000,0000,8080><?x-tad-bigger>DELL Power Edge 2600 <?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily> <?fontfamily><?param Comic Sans MS><?color><?param 0000,0000,8080><?x-tad-bigger> <?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily> <?fontfamily><?param Comic Sans MS><?color><?param 0000,0000,8080><?x-tad-bigger>Database<?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily> <?fontfamily><?param Times><?x-tad-bigger>·<?/x-tad-bigger><?/fontfamily></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE><?fontfamily><?param Times New Roman><?smaller><?x-tad-smaller> <?/x-tad-smaller><?/smaller><?/fontfamily></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE><?fontfamily><?param Comic Sans MS><?color><?param 0000,0000,8080><?x-tad-bigger>Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.30.UC3<?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily> <?fontfamily><?param Comic Sans MS><?color><?param 0000,0000,8080><?x-tad-bigger> <?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily> <?fontfamily><?param Comic Sans MS><?color><?param 0000,0000,8080><?x-tad-bigger>O.S<?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily> <?fontfamily><?param Times><?x-tad-bigger>·<?/x-tad-bigger><?/fontfamily></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE><?fontfamily><?param Times New Roman><?smaller><?x-tad-smaller> <?/x-tad-smaller><?/smaller><?/fontfamily></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE><?fontfamily><?param Comic Sans MS><?color><?param 0000,0000,8080><?x-tad-bigger>Red Hat 7.3<?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily> <?fontfamily><?param Times><?x-tad-bigger>·<?/x-tad-bigger><?/fontfamily></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE><?fontfamily><?param Times New Roman><?smaller><?x-tad-smaller> <?/x-tad-smaller><?/smaller><?/fontfamily></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE><?fontfamily><?param Comic Sans MS><?color><?param 0000,0000,8080><?x-tad-bigger>Kernel: Linux 2.4.18-3smp / Apr 18 07:27:31 2002 i686<?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily> <?fontfamily><?param Comic Sans MS><?color><?param 0000,0000,8080><?x-tad-bigger><?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Times><?x-tad-bigger>·<?/x-tad-bigger><?/fontfamily></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE><?fontfamily><?param Times New Roman><?smaller><?x-tad-smaller> <?/x-tad-smaller><?/smaller><?/fontfamily></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE><?fontfamily><?param Comic Sans MS><?color><?param 0000,0000,8080><?x-tad-bigger>Glib: 2.2.5-34<?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily> <?fontfamily><?param Times New Roman> <?/fontfamily> <?fontfamily><?param Comic Sans MS><?color><?param 0000,0000,8080><?x-tad-bigger>We are planning on <?/x-tad-bigger><?x-tad-bigger>moving<?/x-tad-bigger><?x-tad-bigger> from the Professional version <?/x-tad-bigger><?x-tad-bigger>into<?/x-tad-bigger><?x-tad-bigger> the <?/x-tad-bigger><?x-tad-bigger>Enterprise Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0.<?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily> <?fontfamily><?param Comic Sans MS><?color><?param 0000,0000,8080><?x-tad-bigger>Since the business is a 7x24x365 one, and the DBSrv is the production one, we have few <?/x-tad-bigger><?x-tad-bigger>questions/doubts:<?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily> <?fontfamily><?param Comic Sans MS><?color><?param 0000,0000,8080><?smaller>• <?/smaller><?x-tad-bigger>moving from a Professional into an Enterprise version, is it just an upgrade or it requires a "re-installation"<?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE><?fontfamily><?param Comic Sans MS><?color><?param 0000,0000,8080><?smaller><?/smaller><?/color><?/fontfamily> <?fontfamily><?param Comic Sans MS><?color><?param 0000,0000,8080><?smaller>• <?/smaller><?x-tad-bigger>how long will it take<?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE><?fontfamily><?param Comic Sans MS><?color><?param 0000,0000,8080><?smaller>to do the job <?/smaller><?/color><?/fontfamily> <?fontfamily><?param Comic Sans MS><?color><?param 0000,0000,8080><?smaller>• <?/smaller><?x-tad-bigger>do you have any contingency plan or strategy to suggest<?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE><?fontfamily><?param Comic Sans MS><?color><?param 0000,0000,8080><?smaller><?/smaller><?/color><?/fontfamily> <?fontfamily><?param Comic Sans MS><?color><?param 0000,0000,8080><?smaller>• <?/smaller><?x-tad-bigger>is there any guaranty of full compatibility between both versions?<?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily> <?fontfamily><?param Comic Sans MS><?color><?param 0000,0000,8080><?x-tad-bigger>Thanks for your assistance<?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily> <?fontfamily><?param Comic Sans MS><?color><?param 0000,0000,8080><?smaller> <?/smaller><?/color><?/fontfamily> <?fontfamily><?param Comic Sans MS><?color><?param 0000,0000,8080><?smaller>María<?/smaller><?/color><?/fontfamily> <?fontfamily><?param Comic Sans MS><?color><?param 0000,0000,8080><?smaller><?/smaller><?/color><?/fontfamily> -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list </BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe 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