Re: Different OS versions between Test and Prod

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 09:06:58 -0800
Message-ID: <1143738407.810442@yasure.drizzle.com>

Bob Jones wrote:

> "Dave" <david.best_at_gmail.com> wrote in message 
> news:1143669554.197833.80550_at_j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...

>> 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.
>>

> 
> No, you are not being anal. You are just doing your job.
> 
> The same version of Oracle should behave the same on Solaris 8 or 10. Your 
> existing apps should work fine, unless in an unlikely case there are Oracle 
> bugs affecting only one version of Solaris. 

I was going to stay out of this but you've hit a hot button.

In theory what you say is true. But in reality we know it is not.

While I will acknowledge using vanilla Oracle functionality you likely will see no issues ... move to RAC or Grid Control other pieces of the puzzle and this is clearly not the case.

The answer to the OP should be ... "depends" ... which most often is the correct answer to any question asked.

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Daniel A. Morgan
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Received on Thu Mar 30 2006 - 11:06:58 CST