There was a 'clarification' statement made at some point that you CAN upgrade to 8.x from 7.6.04 SP5, but you loose the capabilities that SP5 introduces....so it's not a barrier, unless you are running SP5 and consider the new features necessary.
On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Roger Justice <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > There has also been a statement concerning 7.6.04 SP5 having functionality > not presently in 8.1 that limits the ability to go from 7.6.04 SP5 to 8.1. > More monkey wrenches are being added to dictate what versions are > upgradable and when. > -----Original Message----- > From: LJ LongWing <[email protected]> > To: arslist <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, Nov 4, 2013 12:37 pm > Subject: Re: 8.1 upgrade > > ** > Saji, > 'All Patches' is a REALLY vague thing at this moment...are they talking > about all Server Patches, Application Patches....and one question that I > find questionable about that statement....I went from 7.5 directly to > 8.1...so I'm not entirely sure how ANY patch in the 7.6 area affects it..... > > on the other hand, I'm sure that they need a 'starting point' for the > application upgrade...so, that may be the 'need', that they utilized the > latest service pack as the upgrade path...but then you need to ask the > question, what was the latest at the time the 8.1 installer was > released...was it SP4, or SP5? > > > On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Saji Philip <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ** >> I was at the RUG last month and in one of the upgrade sessions I recall a >> presenter mention that all patches needed be installed before the upgrade. >> We are on 7.6.04 sp2. Is it best practice to go ahead and install the >> patches to sp5 (I believe) before the upgrade? Or just upgrade? >> _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > > > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
