Stephen L Johnson wrote: > We have a policy in place for keeping out AIX TL versions up to date. > Typically we have standardize at a given RHEL version for the lifetime > of the hardware. And then possibly moving up to new/latest RHEL version > when replacement time comes around for lots of servers. > > I'm looking for advice on if upgrading servers to newer RHEL versions > sooner is a good idea or not. That is going from RHEL 5.0 to 5.1 or RHEL > 5.0 to 5.3. Or if I should leave well enough alone.
4.3 should be RHEL 4, Update 3, and 5.1 should be RHEL 5, Update 1. You, unless you have special requirements (like EMC only certifying something on RHEL 4.6, or you have custom stuff that needs kernel x.y.z, glibc a.b.c, and Xorg c.q.z) should be able to upgrade from RHEL 4 to RHEL 4.x with minimal issues, and also from RHEL 5 to 5.x. Just like with every vendor, especially the more you customize, you occasionally get a really fun patch that has unexpected results ... -- -- John E. Jasen ([email protected]) -- No one will sorrow for me when I die, because those who would -- are dead already. -- Lan Mandragoran, The Wheel of Time, New Spring _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
