It requires more digging on our part unless BMC produces a new compatibility matrix that includes the SP that have new functionality.
-----Original Message----- From: Rick Cook <[email protected]> To: arslist <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Nov 4, 2013 1:15 pm Subject: Re: 8.1 upgrade ** We thought that when we saw that statement, too, Roger. After digging into it, 7.6.04 P5 contains the same upgrades in parallel with 8.1 P1. So we can upgrade from 7.6.04 P5 to 8.1 P1. Rick On Nov 4, 2013 10:10 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_ _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"
