Different OS versions between Test and Prod

Hey all,

  Question... our architect's are trying to push us to install Solaris 10 on our new dev/test boxes instead of 8, which is our production version. There are currently no plans to upgrade prod to Solaris 10. With the hardware we ordered there are no issues with installing Solaris 8. I've been resisting because I don't want to support an environment where the OSes are out of sync. While I agree that the risk is probably minimal I want a plan in place to upgrade prod before I signoff on test.

Am I being anal? I've talked to other DBA's and they agree with me, but to make my problem a bit more difficult, a DBA in my group has already let this happen in one of their environments.

tnx. Received on Wed Mar 29 2006 - 15:59:14 CST