The requirement that a version upgrade requires a full re-install and then copying of the data is one of the big issues I see with bringing Linux into a System z shop and having experienced z folks work on it. For z/OS or z/VM, you rarely (closer to never but...) have to move application data over in order to build a new OS. There are systems that have been migrated from MVS/SP on 24 bit hardware that are today running z/OS on 64 bit hardware, and the data hasn't needed to be moved. Just my $0.02
Wayne Driscoll Product Developer NOTE: All opinions are strictly my own. -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Thornton Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 2:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: SLES 9 (64-BIT) TO SLES 10 On May 19, 2008, at 2:17 PM, Steve Mitchell wrote: > I'm looking for a 'How To' to upgrade a SLES 9 64 bit guest to SLES > 10 SP1. > Perhaps the discussion I recall involved 32 bit SLES. At least > thats all > I've been able to find thus far in the archive search. Regardless, > thats > what I'm trying to understand before proceeding. Seriously, my advice is: don't. Use rpm -qa to figure out what needs to be on the guest, then build it afresh. Copy in the configuration you can from /etc, and move your data over separately. Upgrading is technically possible, but it's going to be much more painful than just moving everything to a new, clean sles10 install. Also, if you haven't moved it yet, sp2 is not very far off. Adam ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
