Ralf Gross wrote:
> Hi,
>
> we have a little problem with the dependencies of an application (MKS)
> that we want to upgrade to a new version.
>
> The application now runs on a Suse Linux 7.3 system with 2.4 kernel and
> DB2 7.2. We want to upgrade this application to the recent version and
> move it to new host. This system will be RedHat EL 4 with kernel 2.6 and
> DB2 8.2.
>
> The problem is that the old version doesn't support DB2 8.x. I thought a
> backup on the old host and a restore on the new host should be sufficient,
> but the support people told us, that this is not possible. They recommend
> us to first install 7.2 on the new system (RHEL 4, 2.6 kernel), import the
> data from the old system and then update 7.2 to 8.2. I hate this solution.
>
> I can't find any information which distribution/kernel DB2 7.2 supports,
> because 7.2 is outdated and not listet on the DB2 validation page.
>
> Any pitfalls with 7.2 on RHEL 4 and kernel 2.6? Any ideas how to avoid
> this messy upgrade path?
>
> Thanks, Ralf

Place to start looking is:

http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data...inux/validate/


Unfortunately V7.1 was pulled out of service in Dec 2002 (3 years ago) and V7.2
was pulled out of service in Sep, 2004 (2 years ago) - so you will find
difficult to locate historical information.

I would not give up on backup/restore path - just take a backup on existing V7.2
system - ftp backup image to new system and try to restore.

It would help if containers were all SMS containers.


Hope it helps,

Jan M. Nelken