Re: Different OS versions between Test and Prod

From: Bob Jones <email_at_me.not>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:20:31 GMT
Message-ID: <zYXWf.49675$2O6.24340@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com>

"DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote in message news:1143738407.810442_at_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.
> -- 

Ok, so what specifically is the difference between RAC on Solaris 8 or 10? In fact, I could answer all questions here with simply "depends", but that's not very helpful, is it? Received on Thu Mar 30 2006 - 15:20:31 CST