Re: [U2] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 64 bit and Universe 11.1.4 - Experiences?

2011-09-02 Thread Dan Fitzgerald

Well, I'm gonna start asking my linux questions HERE. Every linux geek I asked 
said it couldn't be done...
 
> Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 12:37:28 -0400
> From: jthompson...@gmail.com
> To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org
> Subject: Re: [U2] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 64 bit and Universe 11.1.4 -   
> Experiences?
> 
> Well there ya go.  I stand corrected.  I was probably getting confused with
> "shrinking" vs. "extending".  I think to shrink you have to unmount.
> 
> My mistake.
> 
> On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Michael Pflugfelder  > wrote:
> 
> > With RedHat 5, LVM & EXT3 filesystems, you can do online resizing.
> >
> > First, you need to increase the size of the logical volume with "lvextend".
> > Then you need to resize the filesystem with "resize2fs".
> >
> > I did it a few weeks ago on a virtual machine without users noticing any
> > difference.
> >
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:
> > u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of John Thompson
> > Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 9:34 AM
> > To: U2 Users List
> > Subject: Re: [U2] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 64 bit and Universe 11.1.4 -
> > Experiences?
> >
> > I believe with EXT4, JFS, or XFS filesystems you can expand them only -
> > while it is mounted.
> >
> > However if you are running RHEL 5 with EXT3, then you have to unmount the
> > partition before you expand.  JFS is of course what AIX uses.  You can use
> > JFS in Linux, if you set your filesystems up that way originally.
> >
> > I also assume you are using LVM along with a filesystem to manage things...
> >
> > See these notes:
> >
> > http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/LVM
> > http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/extendlv.html
> >
> > http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Storage_Administration_Guide/ext4grow.html
> >
> > By the way, I've always thought Gentoo and Ubuntu had great documentation.
> >  Red Hat is getting better...
> >
> > In this case, the filesystem and lvm2 utilities should be 99% the same
> > across all Linux distro's, so you can find out what you need to know on
> > Gentoo or Ubuntu docs, even though its RHEL.  That is not always the case...
> >
> > As far as the cost goes... you are probably right, since, I don't have the
> > guts to not pay for Linux support and just download CentOS.
> > http://www.centos.org/
> >
> > However, for us, its more a matter of flexibility and standardization.  I
> > have Linux machines (mainly Ubuntu) doing critical business functions
> > already, and if I can have one less operating system to worry about, thats
> > less headache for me.
> >
> > Plus its way cheaper for me to set up a development machine on the fly on
> > my workstation using CentOS.  Its nigh impossible to do that with AIX.
> >
> > AIX is great, until you need to use an open source piece of software, then
> > things get tricky.
> >
> > The best answer I found to that problem was this:
> >
> > http://pware.hvcc.edu/
> >
> > But its maintained by a fellow at a college university, and if he ever gets
> > sick of doing that... then I'm stuck with going through rpm hell.
> >
> > We have a pretty barebones AIX setup with zero LPAR's and local disk on one
> > P550.
> > So yeah I agree, on paper the cost is almost a wash, but, for us its all of
> > the costs that I can't really show on paper very well...
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 11:48 PM, Dan Fitzgerald  > >wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I work with both RHEL & AIX, and I'm not sure that you save a whole
> > > bunch of money by going Linux anymore. I won't p0ut [AD/} in here,
> > > because I'm not a vendor, nor do I have a business relationship with
> > > one (anymore). But I was recently investigating making this same move,
> > > and my IBM vendor proposed replacing my 2 p570's (4 LPARS each) with a
> > > Blade H center, populated with 2
> > > PS701 Blades, for a little under $75K, including 3-year hardwarew
> > > warranty &
> > > 3 year AIX software 24x7 4Hr onsite maintenance. Additional Power
> > > blades were $14K, but wintel blades could be had for about $7K each,
> > > fitting in the same enclosure. "Membership" for a comparable RH
> > > installation over 3 years was about that same $75K, before you even
> > > buy hardware. 

Re: [U2] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 64 bit and Universe 11.1.4 - Experiences?

2011-09-02 Thread John Thompson
Thanks for pointing that out.  I've dealt with too many filesystems over the
years, and they are all starting to blur together :(

On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 12:37 PM, John Thompson wrote:

> Well there ya go.  I stand corrected.  I was probably getting confused with
> "shrinking" vs. "extending".  I think to shrink you have to unmount.
>
> My mistake.
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Michael Pflugfelder <
> mpflugfel...@ratex.com> wrote:
>
>> With RedHat 5, LVM & EXT3 filesystems, you can do online resizing.
>>
>> First, you need to increase the size of the logical volume with
>> "lvextend".
>> Then you need to resize the filesystem with "resize2fs".
>>
>> I did it a few weeks ago on a virtual machine without users noticing any
>> difference.
>>
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:
>> u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of John Thompson
>> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 9:34 AM
>> To: U2 Users List
>> Subject: Re: [U2] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 64 bit and Universe 11.1.4 -
>> Experiences?
>>
>> I believe with EXT4, JFS, or XFS filesystems you can expand them only -
>> while it is mounted.
>>
>> However if you are running RHEL 5 with EXT3, then you have to unmount the
>> partition before you expand.  JFS is of course what AIX uses.  You can use
>> JFS in Linux, if you set your filesystems up that way originally.
>>
>> I also assume you are using LVM along with a filesystem to manage
>> things...
>>
>> See these notes:
>>
>> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/LVM
>> http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/extendlv.html
>>
>> http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Storage_Administration_Guide/ext4grow.html
>>
>> By the way, I've always thought Gentoo and Ubuntu had great documentation.
>>  Red Hat is getting better...
>>
>> In this case, the filesystem and lvm2 utilities should be 99% the same
>> across all Linux distro's, so you can find out what you need to know on
>> Gentoo or Ubuntu docs, even though its RHEL.  That is not always the case...
>>
>> As far as the cost goes... you are probably right, since, I don't have the
>> guts to not pay for Linux support and just download CentOS.
>> http://www.centos.org/
>>
>> However, for us, its more a matter of flexibility and standardization.  I
>> have Linux machines (mainly Ubuntu) doing critical business functions
>> already, and if I can have one less operating system to worry about, thats
>> less headache for me.
>>
>> Plus its way cheaper for me to set up a development machine on the fly on
>> my workstation using CentOS.  Its nigh impossible to do that with AIX.
>>
>> AIX is great, until you need to use an open source piece of software, then
>> things get tricky.
>>
>> The best answer I found to that problem was this:
>>
>> http://pware.hvcc.edu/
>>
>> But its maintained by a fellow at a college university, and if he ever
>> gets sick of doing that... then I'm stuck with going through rpm hell.
>>
>> We have a pretty barebones AIX setup with zero LPAR's and local disk on
>> one P550.
>> So yeah I agree, on paper the cost is almost a wash, but, for us its all
>> of the costs that I can't really show on paper very well...
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 11:48 PM, Dan Fitzgerald > >wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > I work with both RHEL & AIX, and I'm not sure that you save a whole
>> > bunch of money by going Linux anymore. I won't p0ut [AD/} in here,
>> > because I'm not a vendor, nor do I have a business relationship with
>> > one (anymore). But I was recently investigating making this same move,
>> > and my IBM vendor proposed replacing my 2 p570's (4 LPARS each) with a
>> > Blade H center, populated with 2
>> > PS701 Blades, for a little under $75K, including 3-year hardwarew
>> > warranty &
>> > 3 year AIX software 24x7 4Hr onsite maintenance. Additional Power
>> > blades were $14K, but wintel blades could be had for about $7K each,
>> > fitting in the same enclosure. "Membership" for a comparable RH
>> > installation over 3 years was about that same $75K, before you even
>> > buy hardware. Of course, you can go without software support on linux,
>> > but you'd better be very good at it, especially if your implementation
>> is at all non-standard (um, U2).

Re: [U2] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 64 bit and Universe 11.1.4 - Experiences?

2011-09-02 Thread John Thompson
Well there ya go.  I stand corrected.  I was probably getting confused with
"shrinking" vs. "extending".  I think to shrink you have to unmount.

My mistake.

On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Michael Pflugfelder  wrote:

> With RedHat 5, LVM & EXT3 filesystems, you can do online resizing.
>
> First, you need to increase the size of the logical volume with "lvextend".
> Then you need to resize the filesystem with "resize2fs".
>
> I did it a few weeks ago on a virtual machine without users noticing any
> difference.
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:
> u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of John Thompson
> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 9:34 AM
> To: U2 Users List
> Subject: Re: [U2] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 64 bit and Universe 11.1.4 -
> Experiences?
>
> I believe with EXT4, JFS, or XFS filesystems you can expand them only -
> while it is mounted.
>
> However if you are running RHEL 5 with EXT3, then you have to unmount the
> partition before you expand.  JFS is of course what AIX uses.  You can use
> JFS in Linux, if you set your filesystems up that way originally.
>
> I also assume you are using LVM along with a filesystem to manage things...
>
> See these notes:
>
> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/LVM
> http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/extendlv.html
>
> http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Storage_Administration_Guide/ext4grow.html
>
> By the way, I've always thought Gentoo and Ubuntu had great documentation.
>  Red Hat is getting better...
>
> In this case, the filesystem and lvm2 utilities should be 99% the same
> across all Linux distro's, so you can find out what you need to know on
> Gentoo or Ubuntu docs, even though its RHEL.  That is not always the case...
>
> As far as the cost goes... you are probably right, since, I don't have the
> guts to not pay for Linux support and just download CentOS.
> http://www.centos.org/
>
> However, for us, its more a matter of flexibility and standardization.  I
> have Linux machines (mainly Ubuntu) doing critical business functions
> already, and if I can have one less operating system to worry about, thats
> less headache for me.
>
> Plus its way cheaper for me to set up a development machine on the fly on
> my workstation using CentOS.  Its nigh impossible to do that with AIX.
>
> AIX is great, until you need to use an open source piece of software, then
> things get tricky.
>
> The best answer I found to that problem was this:
>
> http://pware.hvcc.edu/
>
> But its maintained by a fellow at a college university, and if he ever gets
> sick of doing that... then I'm stuck with going through rpm hell.
>
> We have a pretty barebones AIX setup with zero LPAR's and local disk on one
> P550.
> So yeah I agree, on paper the cost is almost a wash, but, for us its all of
> the costs that I can't really show on paper very well...
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 11:48 PM, Dan Fitzgerald  >wrote:
>
> >
> > I work with both RHEL & AIX, and I'm not sure that you save a whole
> > bunch of money by going Linux anymore. I won't p0ut [AD/} in here,
> > because I'm not a vendor, nor do I have a business relationship with
> > one (anymore). But I was recently investigating making this same move,
> > and my IBM vendor proposed replacing my 2 p570's (4 LPARS each) with a
> > Blade H center, populated with 2
> > PS701 Blades, for a little under $75K, including 3-year hardwarew
> > warranty &
> > 3 year AIX software 24x7 4Hr onsite maintenance. Additional Power
> > blades were $14K, but wintel blades could be had for about $7K each,
> > fitting in the same enclosure. "Membership" for a comparable RH
> > installation over 3 years was about that same $75K, before you even
> > buy hardware. Of course, you can go without software support on linux,
> > but you'd better be very good at it, especially if your implementation is
> at all non-standard (um, U2).
> >
> > I also note that one of the most common sysadmin procedures I execute
> > is expanding file systems as data footprints grow. On AIX, I allocate
> > the storage, do a cfgmgr, then issue the appropriate chfs command. In
> > Linux, to expand a file system means taking the volume offline:
> > downtime. P.S.: If I'm wrong about that, please tell me how to do it,
> thanks.
> >
> > > Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 00:28:57 +0200
> > > From: u...@glennsallis.de
> > > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org
> > > Subject: Re: [U2] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 64 

Re: [U2] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 64 bit and Universe 11.1.4 - Experiences?

2011-09-02 Thread Michael Pflugfelder
With RedHat 5, LVM & EXT3 filesystems, you can do online resizing.

First, you need to increase the size of the logical volume with "lvextend".
Then you need to resize the filesystem with "resize2fs".

I did it a few weeks ago on a virtual machine without users noticing any 
difference.



-Original Message-
From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org 
[mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of John Thompson
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 9:34 AM
To: U2 Users List
Subject: Re: [U2] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 64 bit and Universe 11.1.4 - 
Experiences?

I believe with EXT4, JFS, or XFS filesystems you can expand them only - while 
it is mounted.

However if you are running RHEL 5 with EXT3, then you have to unmount the 
partition before you expand.  JFS is of course what AIX uses.  You can use JFS 
in Linux, if you set your filesystems up that way originally.

I also assume you are using LVM along with a filesystem to manage things...

See these notes:

http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/LVM
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/extendlv.html
http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Storage_Administration_Guide/ext4grow.html

By the way, I've always thought Gentoo and Ubuntu had great documentation.
 Red Hat is getting better...

In this case, the filesystem and lvm2 utilities should be 99% the same across 
all Linux distro's, so you can find out what you need to know on Gentoo or 
Ubuntu docs, even though its RHEL.  That is not always the case...

As far as the cost goes... you are probably right, since, I don't have the guts 
to not pay for Linux support and just download CentOS.
http://www.centos.org/

However, for us, its more a matter of flexibility and standardization.  I have 
Linux machines (mainly Ubuntu) doing critical business functions already, and 
if I can have one less operating system to worry about, thats less headache for 
me.

Plus its way cheaper for me to set up a development machine on the fly on my 
workstation using CentOS.  Its nigh impossible to do that with AIX.

AIX is great, until you need to use an open source piece of software, then 
things get tricky.

The best answer I found to that problem was this:

http://pware.hvcc.edu/

But its maintained by a fellow at a college university, and if he ever gets 
sick of doing that... then I'm stuck with going through rpm hell.

We have a pretty barebones AIX setup with zero LPAR's and local disk on one 
P550.
So yeah I agree, on paper the cost is almost a wash, but, for us its all of the 
costs that I can't really show on paper very well...


On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 11:48 PM, Dan Fitzgerald wrote:

>
> I work with both RHEL & AIX, and I'm not sure that you save a whole 
> bunch of money by going Linux anymore. I won't p0ut [AD/} in here, 
> because I'm not a vendor, nor do I have a business relationship with 
> one (anymore). But I was recently investigating making this same move, 
> and my IBM vendor proposed replacing my 2 p570's (4 LPARS each) with a 
> Blade H center, populated with 2
> PS701 Blades, for a little under $75K, including 3-year hardwarew 
> warranty &
> 3 year AIX software 24x7 4Hr onsite maintenance. Additional Power 
> blades were $14K, but wintel blades could be had for about $7K each, 
> fitting in the same enclosure. "Membership" for a comparable RH 
> installation over 3 years was about that same $75K, before you even 
> buy hardware. Of course, you can go without software support on linux, 
> but you'd better be very good at it, especially if your implementation is at 
> all non-standard (um, U2).
>
> I also note that one of the most common sysadmin procedures I execute 
> is expanding file systems as data footprints grow. On AIX, I allocate 
> the storage, do a cfgmgr, then issue the appropriate chfs command. In 
> Linux, to expand a file system means taking the volume offline: 
> downtime. P.S.: If I'm wrong about that, please tell me how to do it, thanks.
>
> > Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 00:28:57 +0200
> > From: u...@glennsallis.de
> > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org
> > Subject: Re: [U2] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 64 bit and Universe 
> > 11.1.4 -
> Experiences?
> >
> > Hi John,
> >
> > I think you will find it to be a positive move, both technically and 
> > financially!
> >
> > Recently I have done a fair bit of testing for a customer who are 
> > going to be migrating to 64 Bit Red Hat from a non-AIX variant of 
> > Unix and I cannot say I stumbled across any big issues. I was using 
> > previous versions of 11.1 for the tests.
> >
> > Do plenty of trials and tests to identify any potential issues, and 
> > I am pretty confident you will report back with positive news.
> >
> > Reg

Re: [U2] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 64 bit and Universe 11.1.4 - Experiences?

2011-09-02 Thread John Thompson
I believe with EXT4, JFS, or XFS filesystems you can expand them only -
while it is mounted.

However if you are running RHEL 5 with EXT3, then you have to unmount the
partition before you expand.  JFS is of course what AIX uses.  You can use
JFS in Linux, if you set your filesystems up that way originally.

I also assume you are using LVM along with a filesystem to manage things...

See these notes:

http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/LVM
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/extendlv.html
http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Storage_Administration_Guide/ext4grow.html

By the way, I've always thought Gentoo and Ubuntu had great documentation.
 Red Hat is getting better...

In this case, the filesystem and lvm2 utilities should be 99% the same
across all Linux distro's, so you can find out what you need to know on
Gentoo or Ubuntu docs, even though its RHEL.  That is not always the case...

As far as the cost goes... you are probably right, since, I don't have the
guts to not pay for Linux support and just download CentOS.
http://www.centos.org/

However, for us, its more a matter of flexibility and standardization.  I
have Linux machines (mainly Ubuntu) doing critical business functions
already, and if I can have one less operating system to worry about, thats
less headache for me.

Plus its way cheaper for me to set up a development machine on the fly on my
workstation using CentOS.  Its nigh impossible to do that with AIX.

AIX is great, until you need to use an open source piece of software, then
things get tricky.

The best answer I found to that problem was this:

http://pware.hvcc.edu/

But its maintained by a fellow at a college university, and if he ever gets
sick of doing that... then I'm stuck with going through rpm hell.

We have a pretty barebones AIX setup with zero LPAR's and local disk on one
P550.
So yeah I agree, on paper the cost is almost a wash, but, for us its all of
the costs that I can't really show on paper very well...


On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 11:48 PM, Dan Fitzgerald wrote:

>
> I work with both RHEL & AIX, and I'm not sure that you save a whole bunch
> of money by going Linux anymore. I won't p0ut [AD/} in here, because I'm not
> a vendor, nor do I have a business relationship with one (anymore). But I
> was recently investigating making this same move, and my IBM vendor proposed
> replacing my 2 p570's (4 LPARS each) with a Blade H center, populated with 2
> PS701 Blades, for a little under $75K, including 3-year hardwarew warranty &
> 3 year AIX software 24x7 4Hr onsite maintenance. Additional Power blades
> were $14K, but wintel blades could be had for about $7K each, fitting in the
> same enclosure. "Membership" for a comparable RH installation over 3 years
> was about that same $75K, before you even buy hardware. Of course, you can
> go without software support on linux, but you'd better be very good at it,
> especially if your implementation is at all non-standard (um, U2).
>
> I also note that one of the most common sysadmin procedures I execute is
> expanding file systems as data footprints grow. On AIX, I allocate the
> storage, do a cfgmgr, then issue the appropriate chfs command. In Linux, to
> expand a file system means taking the volume offline: downtime. P.S.: If I'm
> wrong about that, please tell me how to do it, thanks.
>
> > Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 00:28:57 +0200
> > From: u...@glennsallis.de
> > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org
> > Subject: Re: [U2] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 64 bit and Universe 11.1.4 -
> Experiences?
> >
> > Hi John,
> >
> > I think you will find it to be a positive move, both technically and
> > financially!
> >
> > Recently I have done a fair bit of testing for a customer who are going
> > to be migrating to 64 Bit Red Hat from a non-AIX variant of Unix and I
> > cannot say I stumbled across any big issues. I was using previous
> > versions of 11.1 for the tests.
> >
> > Do plenty of trials and tests to identify any potential issues, and I am
> > pretty confident you will report back with positive news.
> >
> > Regards
> > Glenn
> >
> >
> >
> > Am 02.09.2011 00:02, schrieb John Thompson:
> > > I'm looking to migrate from AIX 5.3 to RHEL.  Basically because IBM is
> > > putting the hatchet to "regular" support on AIX 5.3 in May 2012.
> > >
> > > Has anyone had any experiences/challenges running Universe 11.1.4 on
> Red Hat
> > > Enterprise 6 - 64bit?
> > >
> > > I'm guessing I may get crickets on this one, since accroding to U2
> > > Techconnect, 11.1.4 has only been out about a week...
> > >
> > > https

Re: [U2] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 64 bit and Universe 11.1.4 - Experiences?

2011-09-01 Thread Dan Fitzgerald

I work with both RHEL & AIX, and I'm not sure that you save a whole bunch of 
money by going Linux anymore. I won't p0ut [AD/} in here, because I'm not a 
vendor, nor do I have a business relationship with one (anymore). But I was 
recently investigating making this same move, and my IBM vendor proposed 
replacing my 2 p570's (4 LPARS each) with a Blade H center, populated with 2 
PS701 Blades, for a little under $75K, including 3-year hardwarew warranty & 3 
year AIX software 24x7 4Hr onsite maintenance. Additional Power blades were 
$14K, but wintel blades could be had for about $7K each, fitting in the same 
enclosure. "Membership" for a comparable RH installation over 3 years was about 
that same $75K, before you even buy hardware. Of course, you can go without 
software support on linux, but you'd better be very good at it, especially if 
your implementation is at all non-standard (um, U2).
 
I also note that one of the most common sysadmin procedures I execute is 
expanding file systems as data footprints grow. On AIX, I allocate the storage, 
do a cfgmgr, then issue the appropriate chfs command. In Linux, to expand a 
file system means taking the volume offline: downtime. P.S.: If I'm wrong about 
that, please tell me how to do it, thanks.
 
> Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 00:28:57 +0200
> From: u...@glennsallis.de
> To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org
> Subject: Re: [U2] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 64 bit and Universe 11.1.4 -   
> Experiences?
> 
> Hi John,
> 
> I think you will find it to be a positive move, both technically and 
> financially!
> 
> Recently I have done a fair bit of testing for a customer who are going 
> to be migrating to 64 Bit Red Hat from a non-AIX variant of Unix and I 
> cannot say I stumbled across any big issues. I was using previous 
> versions of 11.1 for the tests.
> 
> Do plenty of trials and tests to identify any potential issues, and I am 
> pretty confident you will report back with positive news.
> 
> Regards
> Glenn
> 
> 
> 
> Am 02.09.2011 00:02, schrieb John Thompson:
> > I'm looking to migrate from AIX 5.3 to RHEL.  Basically because IBM is
> > putting the hatchet to "regular" support on AIX 5.3 in May 2012.
> >
> > Has anyone had any experiences/challenges running Universe 11.1.4 on Red Hat
> > Enterprise 6 - 64bit?
> >
> > I'm guessing I may get crickets on this one, since accroding to U2
> > Techconnect, 11.1.4 has only been out about a week...
> >
> > https://u2tc.rocketsoftware.com/buildmatrix.asp
> >
> > Kudos to Rocket for getting it to run on RHEL 6.
> >
> > I'm just scared if I go with RHEL 5, then I'll be in the "obsolescence" boat
> > two years from now.
> >
> 
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Re: [U2] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 64 bit and Universe 11.1.4 - Experiences?

2011-09-01 Thread Glenn Sallis

Hi John,

I think you will find it to be a positive move, both technically and 
financially!


Recently I have done a fair bit of testing for a customer who are going 
to be migrating to 64 Bit Red Hat from a non-AIX variant of Unix and I 
cannot say I stumbled across any big issues. I was using previous 
versions of 11.1 for the tests.


Do plenty of trials and tests to identify any potential issues, and I am 
pretty confident you will report back with positive news.


Regards
Glenn



Am 02.09.2011 00:02, schrieb John Thompson:

I'm looking to migrate from AIX 5.3 to RHEL.  Basically because IBM is
putting the hatchet to "regular" support on AIX 5.3 in May 2012.

Has anyone had any experiences/challenges running Universe 11.1.4 on Red Hat
Enterprise 6 - 64bit?

I'm guessing I may get crickets on this one, since accroding to U2
Techconnect, 11.1.4 has only been out about a week...

https://u2tc.rocketsoftware.com/buildmatrix.asp

Kudos to Rocket for getting it to run on RHEL 6.

I'm just scared if I go with RHEL 5, then I'll be in the "obsolescence" boat
two years from now.



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Re: [U2] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 64 bit and Universe 11.1.4 - Experiences?

2011-09-01 Thread Perry Taylor
I can't speak to 11.1 but we are running 10.2.7 just fine on RHEL 64bit.

Perry

- Original Message -
From: John Thompson [mailto:jthompson...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 06:02 PM
To: U2 Users List 
Subject: [U2] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 64 bit and Universe 11.1.4 - 
Experiences?

I'm looking to migrate from AIX 5.3 to RHEL.  Basically because IBM is
putting the hatchet to "regular" support on AIX 5.3 in May 2012.

Has anyone had any experiences/challenges running Universe 11.1.4 on Red Hat
Enterprise 6 - 64bit?

I'm guessing I may get crickets on this one, since accroding to U2
Techconnect, 11.1.4 has only been out about a week...

https://u2tc.rocketsoftware.com/buildmatrix.asp

Kudos to Rocket for getting it to run on RHEL 6.

I'm just scared if I go with RHEL 5, then I'll be in the "obsolescence" boat
two years from now.

-- 
John Thompson
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[U2] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 64 bit and Universe 11.1.4 - Experiences?

2011-09-01 Thread John Thompson
I'm looking to migrate from AIX 5.3 to RHEL.  Basically because IBM is
putting the hatchet to "regular" support on AIX 5.3 in May 2012.

Has anyone had any experiences/challenges running Universe 11.1.4 on Red Hat
Enterprise 6 - 64bit?

I'm guessing I may get crickets on this one, since accroding to U2
Techconnect, 11.1.4 has only been out about a week...

https://u2tc.rocketsoftware.com/buildmatrix.asp

Kudos to Rocket for getting it to run on RHEL 6.

I'm just scared if I go with RHEL 5, then I'll be in the "obsolescence" boat
two years from now.

-- 
John Thompson
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