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

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John Verkler wrote in message <3695A766.8EA1F52D_at_earthlink.net>...
>You can find PeopleSoft discussion sites (functional & technical) at:
>www.peoplesoftfans.com
>www.ps-users.com
>
>Also, you can find PS/SQR/Oracle related issues at: www.sqrug.com
>
>hth,
>John Verkler
>
>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 Sat Jan 09 1999 - 00:00:00 CET