Dave wrote:
> I agree that risk is minimal but I guess i'm wondering if I should put
> myself in a situation where they are out of sync if I don't need to. I
> fully agree that we should upgrade to Solaris 10 but I would rather
> have a plan in place to upgrade all our environments instead of having
> descrepancies.
>
> Just knowing how long it takes to get things done in our environment,
> if there is no plan now, then it isn't on the radar for the forseeable
> future. I'd have no issues with them being out of sync for 6 months
> but no more than that.
>
> Backup and recovery isn't an issue, we have a good plan for that. I
> don't think there are any dependancies based on OS version.
You MUST upgrade DEV before TEST. You MUST upgrade TEST before PROD.
So why the resistance to being out of synch? Just make sure that you
have a well thought out, well documented, upgrade plan that moves the
code through all three stages.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
http://www.psoug.org
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
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Received on Fri Mar 31 2006 - 11:11:25 CST
