My apologies. It should be ipcs in every case, not icps... KLP
On Wed, October 7, 2009 11:37 pm, Karl Pearson wrote: > One other gotcha from traditional Unix to Linux, for administrators, is > the icps command, which didn't use to exist, and which took 2 commands > to replicate on Linux. I used the ipcs -mop command to retrieve > information about the shared memory segments being used. The command in > Linux doesn't use those switches. Your mileage may vary. > > Does anyone know for sure? I'm about the leave the U2 world as work is > taking me a different direction. Actually, I was laid off and am seeking > employment and it seems the opportunities in the U2 field are almost > non-existent for someone who has to stay around to care for aging > parents. > > Karl > > On Wed, October 7, 2009 7:58 pm, John Hester wrote: >> >> I did a migration from SGI IRIX (RISC CPU) to RH AS 3 about 6 years >> ago. >> I've also done 2 other migrations from earlier to later versions of UV >> and the underlying OS just for hardware upgrades. The only >> differences >> with the OS change were: >> >> 1) As others have mentioned, I had to run fnuxi since I did an >> OS-level >> backup/restore. This was trivial, though. I just wrote a script that >> did the restore and executed "fnuxi *" in all the UV directories >> immediately afterward >> >> 2) I had to modify a number of shell scripts due to subtle changes in >> some of the OS-level command options. Most notably the "echo" >> command. >> >> There are other issues to consider that I always run into with any UV >> upgrade, regardless of platform. We have a number of customized VOC >> entries that differ from the installed versions and get wiped out by a >> UV upgrade. I have a file named VOC.MOD that I keep on the OS >> partition >> where copies of all the modified entries are stored. I copy that file >> onto the new platform and copy its entries into the UV VOC after the >> upgrade (and each test run). I keep similar files for any BPs and >> PROCs >> that need modification to work correctly on the new platform. It's >> typically utilities that end up in here. IBM changed the number of >> digits in spooler file IDs last time, for example, and it broke a >> number >> of our custom spooler utilities. >> >> It's hard for me to give a difficulty rating somewhere between easy >> and >> really hard. I guess I would say it's easy but time consuming. We >> have >> a different batch process for the first 3 weekends of each month as >> well >> as a month-end process. Testing each of those involves wiping out the >> UV data on the new server, restoring, and running the batch process (I >> change the SP.ASSIGN command so all the spooler files go to a dummy >> queue). When something breaks mid-way, I have to fix it and start all >> over. There's also a fairly long checklist of user applications that >> have to be tested. None of this is rocket science, but it does take >> quite a bit of time. I've done all the upgrades solo, and IIRC, it >> typically takes me a little over a month. Hope that helps. >> >> -John >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org >>> [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of >>> Oaks, Harold >>> Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 9:38 AM >>> To: U2 Users List >>> Subject: [U2] hpux to linux >>> >>> We have Rocket's Universe 10.2 over hpux 11.11 but are >>> considering moving to a linux box. Has anyone ported a U2 app >>> from hpux to linux? I am trying to estimate for management >>> how long such a porting might take. >>> Just an opinion would be helpful, like 'easy', 'medium', >>> 'hard', 'really hard'. >>> >>> Thanks- >>> Harold Oaks >>> Clark County >>> >>> >>> >>> This e-mail and related attachments and any response may be >>> subject to public disclosure under state law. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> U2-Users mailing list >>> U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org >>> http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> U2-Users mailing list >> U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org >> http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users >> > > > --- > Karl Pearson > ka...@ourldsfamily.com > Owner/Administrator of the sites at > http://ourldsfamily.com > --- > "To mess up your Linux PC, you have to really work at it; > to mess up a microsoft PC you just have to work on it." > --- > Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have > for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. > --Benjamin Franklin > --- > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > --- Karl Pearson ka...@ourldsfamily.com Owner/Administrator of the sites at http://ourldsfamily.com --- "To mess up your Linux PC, you have to really work at it; to mess up a microsoft PC you just have to work on it." --- Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. --Benjamin Franklin --- _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
