Has anyone installed 9.0 fresh onto new boxes? (AIX)
And if so, does anyone have any knowledge of what this migration process might be like.
We have fallen behind in all versions on 2 old boxes.(one for test & one for Prod)
We just upgraded test box from aix 4.3.3 to 5.2. Prod is still at 4.3.3.
We had a snag with Oracle after the test box upgrade to aix5.2. We now need to upgrade Oracle with a 5.2 version of 9i. So they shipped us 10. & are not really shipping 9 anymore. So they are looking for one.....

The rest of our system is:
ENV 8.0.2 (esp9)
App 8.0.3 (msp9)
Portal 3.0.9
Apache 1.3.26
Tomcat 3.2.4
ora 9i (for 4.3.3)


We are getting 2 new aix boxes in the next month or so. probably before we get these old boxes up to speed.

Our original path on the old boxes was to get up to:
aix 5.2, (then 5.3 after env 8.0.3 upgrade)
Apache 2.0/Tomcat 4.1
env 8.0.3 esp7 / Portal/IOS/ ESS/ etc....
LBI 9
8.0.3 apps up to MSP11

Then move it over to new new boxes
& then we would have to do LSF9 &
go to websphere on the new boxes.
upgrade Ora9 to ora10
(& eventually new security migration & 9.0 apps)

So We are wondering if it would be a more feasible path to just build LSF9 on the new aix boxes & migrate over the data, (& whatever else?) & skip these baby-steps to upgrade these old boxes?
We have most all apps. Not currently using PF yet. Some smart notes.
Thanks for any input!

My experience is on Windows, but I don't believe UNIX is any different when it comes to this.

Going to LSF9 from Env 8.0.3 is not an in-place upgrade so I would recommend installing fresh on the new boxes and then migrating across.

Essentially even if you are installing on the same box you currently use you will be installing LSF9 fresh into a new location and then migrating your 8.0.3 environment data from GEN across and performing a product line copy to bring your applications across. As a result it doesn't really matter if you were performing it on the same box or not as you really would only save time with the third party components utilized by both.

So I guess, whether we migrate across boxes or install on the same box, we would still need to be 803env on the "from-box" (As we are only 802 on that box)

Hi
Yes, I've done installations on more Unix boxes than Windows.

- As you said, I agree with you on getting LSF on the new box & then going about migrating the data. This is because...

Compared to LSF 9, 8.0.2 ESP 9 doesn't uses LDAP, which is mandatory for LSF. Also GEN would be in flat file while its a requirement to have GEN in third party database.

Tomcat & Apache is no longer supported with 9.0, instead WAS 6.0.2 with patches, I would recommend 6.0.2.11 as of now.

Oracle 10GR2 would be recommended instead of Oracle 9i.

Pls let me know if you need more information.