Re: Different OS versions between Test and Prod

From: Bob Jones <email_at_me.not>
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:23:26 GMT
Message-ID: <2cZYf.66940$dW3.14561@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>

"DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote in message news:1144262320.600568_at_yasure.drizzle.com...

> Bob Jones wrote:
>> "DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote in message 
>> news:1144177633.580918_at_yasure.drizzle.com...

>>> Bob Jones wrote:

>>>> "DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote in message 
>>>> news:1143825073.91644_at_yasure.drizzle.com...
>>>>> 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.
>>>>> -- 
>>>> Hmmmmm, that seems to be conflicting with what you said in the other 
>>>> subthread.

>>> Not at all. Lets say production is in Solaris 8 and a new app is
>>> developed and tested in 10. Would you take the app and move it into
>>> production? I would hope not. Not without moving production to 10
>>> first. Which usually means making sure the existing app will work
>>> in 10 too.
>>> --

>>
>> You must not have read OP's question carefully. He said they have no plan 
>> to upgrade prod to Solaris 10.
>
> Which in my mind meant that dev and test MUST stay at the earlier version. 
> Was I unclear in what I posted?
> -- 

He does not have separate test and dev. Received on Wed Apr 05 2006 - 19:23:26 CDT