Yes, AIX 4.2.1 is very stable, and we may decide to keep it.

That leads to my next question, is Sybase 12.5 compatible with Aix 4.2.1?

Tom.

"Bigi Brada" <bigibrada@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:406b39e3$0$33076$6c56d894@diablo.nl.easynet.n et...
> Tom Brehony <tombrehony.nospam@eircom.nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:c49fd5$2h88k2$1@ID-222731.news.uni-berlin.de...
> A question for those of you familiar with both Sybase and AIX.
>
> I have recently started working on maintaining an old system which has a
> Sybase database at it's core:
> Adaptive Server Enterprise/11.5.1.1/P/RS6000/AIX4.1/SWR 8509 ESD 1/FBO/Thu
> Jun 17 19:06:23 UTC 1999
>
> The hardware platform is an IBM RS/6000 running AIX 4.2.1.
>
> Both Sybase and AIX versions are out of support, so the company needs to
> upgrade both the OS and Sybase (and
> possibly the RS/6000).
>
> Another complication is that the system uses the old Sybase text based
> windowing product APT as it's front end. While I can deal with the AIX and
> Sybase upgrades, something I heard recently got me thinking.
>
> Is the APT software binary compatible with AIX 5.2, and indeed will it
work
> with Sybase 12.5.1?
>
> Tom.
>
>
> Why not make AIX 4.2.1. Y2k compatible and APT and Sybase aswell and
> let it run forever!!! You prabaly never need the IBM suport çause there's
> tons
> of info on the net. I have a few customers too with AIX 4.2.1 ML8 and they
> are more than happy with it. Runs as stable as hell! Could consider a
> newer box, don't know about your hardware but 7025-F50 still runs good
> under 4.2.1
>
> Marc
>
>

"Tom Brehony" <tombrehony.nospam@eircom.nospam.net> wrote in message news:<c4gi88$2hur58$1@ID-222731.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> Yes, AIX 4.2.1 is very stable, and we may decide to keep it.
>
> That leads to my next question, is Sybase 12.5 compatible with Aix 4.2.1?
>

ASE 12.5 (32-bit) was released on AIX 4.3.3. I don't know
if it will run on 4.2.1, it wouldn't be supported on 4.2.1.

-bret

Tom,

I am almost certain that AIX 4.2.2 will not run Sybase 12.5. IBM
dropped support for AIX 4.3.3. at Christmas. Vendors will not develop
code for unsupported operating systems. Yes, I know Sybase 12.5 has
been out a while, but Sybase will drop support for versions of 12.5
which were designed for (now) unsupported operating systems. I
personally migrated a 11.5.1 on AIX 4.3.3 to 12.5.0.3 on AIX 5.1. I was
under the impression that 11.5.1 on AIX 5L was not an option. You can
find the Sybase compatibility chart at http://www.sybase.com. Please
forgive the top posting.

Tom



Tom Brehony wrote:

>Yes, AIX 4.2.1 is very stable, and we may decide to keep it.
>
>That leads to my next question, is Sybase 12.5 compatible with Aix 4.2.1?
>
>Tom.
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