Planning the upgrade
Before you upgrade the server from V6.2 or V6.3 to V7.1.3, you must review the relevant planning information, such as system requirements and release notes. Then, select an appropriate day and time to upgrade the system so that you can minimize the impact on production operations.
About this task
The following table shows the results that were obtained in lab tests.
Version of source system | Version of target system | Operating system | Size of server database | Random access memory | Upgrade time |
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V6.3.4 | V7.1 | AIX® | 17 GB | 64 GB | 40 minutes |
V6.3.4 | V7.1 | AIX | 487 GB | 32 GB | 45 minutes |
V6.3.4 | V7.1 | AIX | 3.8 TB | 64 GB | 35 minutes |
V6.2.5 | V7.1 | Linux | 6.16 GB | 16 GB | 15 minutes |
V6.3.4 | V7.1 | Linux | 30 GB | 16 GB | 14 minutes |
V6.2.5 | V7.1 | Linux | 70 GB | 16 GB | 24 minutes |
V6.3.4 | V7.1 | Linux | 1.4 TB | 64 GB | 30 minutes |
V6.2.5 | V7.1 | Solaris | 9.43 GB | 32 GB | 35 minutes |
V6.3.4 | V7.1 | Windows | 2.35 TB | 64 GB | 45 minutes |