Re: Web Sphere App server 3.5

Mike
        Doesn't say much for 'stability', I hope IBM gets out
of this foul habit.
Ken

Michael Oakes wrote:
>
> Let's hope no other problems like this surface!
>
> Is V5R1 a stable release?
>
> I remember V3R1. That was a real nightmare! I was chasing PTF's week in,
> week out, some that worked, others that created more problems than they
> fixed.
>
> I had to upgrade the Production box from V2R3 to V3R1. I took the
> development box to V3R1 first.
>         Made sure that Production was not going to suffer a system being
> IPL'd every two minutes because of an unstable OS. Took six weeks to iron
> out all the bugs before we could approve Production going to V3R1
>
> It was a nervous time going from V2R3 to V3R1 due to the knowledge that the
> backups would be completely useless after applying the PTF for 16Mb extra
> I/O space. I still don't think they understood the impact that would cause
> if the upgrade went wrong. Especially, when it was detailed in the risk
> analysis!
>
> Due to this experience, I am going to have Production at V4R5 and test apps
> on V5R1 for a while.
>
> Michael Oakes
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