Yes you can directly go to Fixpak 7. When you apply fixpak 7 to DB2
8.1 it is equivalent to DB2 8.2
BTW as far as I know there is no Fixpak 7a there is only Fixpak 7
Thanks,
Yasaswi

"stash" <stash@umich.edu> wrote in message news:<X5Ohd.251$cx6.196@news.itd.umich.edu>...
> We have the base install of DB2 Connect v8.1 installed. My db2level command
> shows:
>
> Informational tokens are "DB2 v8.1.1.0", "s021023", "", and FixPak "0".
> Product is installed at "/usr/opt/db2_08_01".
>
> This is on an AIX 5.1 Unix server.
>
> My question is - can I go right up to the newest Fixpack 7a and apply that
> on top of the base install? Can I skip all the other fixpacks in between?
> The readme file talks about moving up to verison 8.2? Will the application
> of the Fixpack 7a automatically move us up to 8.2? Or should we install v8.2
> and then put the newest fixpack on?