To upgrade or NOT to upgrade: DU 3.0 to DU 4.0

From: <jewettl_at_itsi.disa.mil>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 96 12:26:16 EST

     
     Hello and thank you for taking the time to help.
     
     We're currently using osf 3.0 and we have no REAL reason to upgrade.
     
     We purchased 9 Sables (2100), 4 Alpha 3000 (Mod 600), and 2 Mustangs with
     the following software licenses:
     
     1. DEC UNIX, (OSF/1) Version 3.0
     2. POLYCENTER Advance File System Utilities for OSF/1 AXP, Ver 3.0
     3. POLYCENTER Manager on NetView for DEC UNIX AXP, Version 3.12
     4. POLYCENTER Performance Data Collector for OSF/1 AXP, Version 1.4
     5. POLYCENTER System Watchdog Agent for OSF/1 AXP, Version 2.2
     6. POLYCENTER Security Intrusion Detector for OSF/1, Version 1.2
     7. POLYCENTER Security Compliance Manager for OSF/1 AXP, Version 2.4
     8. POLYCENTER Network Save and Restore for OSF/1 AXP, Version 3.0
     9. POLYCENTER Path Doctor, Version 1.0
     10. ESL EXM Mail (X.400)
     
     The machines have been up for almost a year. Also of consideration is
     the fact that the systems are "live" - that is other machines depend
     on them being up now. Anyway, given this background, my questions are:
     
     1. What benefits would we gain by switching to 4.0 ?
     
     2. How easy an upgrade is it?
     
     3. Can we preserve all the old files sytems and
     configuration files?
     
     4. How much downtime could we expect?
     
     Thanks,
     Larry
     
Received on Tue Apr 23 1996 - 19:11:32 NZST

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