Re: PeopleSoft: Upgrade 5.12 to 7.5 - anyone tried direct path???

John,
I am a PeopleSoft Oracle DBA and I have done numerous PeopleSoft upgrades and there are many problems that you need to watch out for. You did not list what application(s) that your are upgrading and that can make a difference. The GUI interface between 5.12 and 7.0 or 7.5 is very different and user training is an issue. If there were any customization done to your current system you will have some issues on the new functionality issues.. do you keep or over write panels, menus...etc. This can and should be a major project if you are in production or have done any customizations. I don't think that I have helped any but there are a number of considerations before undertaking this type of task.

Terry Berryhill

john hayes wrote:
>
> Hi there. This is a PeopleSoft upgrade query. I don't seem to find any
> specifically PeopleSoft newsgroups here - anyone know of one?
>
> Meanwhile, here's the question:
>
> We need to upgrade a 5.12 database to 7.5. I see that PS does not seem
> to support a direct upgrade path for this, but rather suggests going
> from
> 5.12 to 7.0, then 7.0 to 7.5.
>
> Of course, I would rather do this all in one shot. Has anyone tried
> this?
> I am assuming that it is unsupported because it has not been
> done/certified
> by PS, but I can't think of any reason why it could not be done. Can
> anyone
> tell me what problems I might expect if I try this?
>
> Also - if I do end up doing it in 2 steps, I see that PS supports 5.12
> to 7.0
> and (more recently) 5.12 to 7.01. Since I would be going on to 7.5
> anyway,
> does it make a difference? Would I need to use 5.12 to 7.0 or 5.12 to
> 7.01?
> I am thinking I should use 5.12 to 7.0, since the next step seems to be
> 7.0
> to 7.5.
>
> But, really - 5.12 to 7.5 would be much preferred....
>
> Thanks for any comments. Please email responses to:
>
> aikosys_at_earthlink.net
>
> John Hayes
  Received on Wed Jan 06 1999 - 00:00:00 CST