Re: VMS upgrade path question

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From: Klaus Steinberger
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1991 06:15

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gpwrmdh@gp.co.nz writes:

>In article <962@hadron.COM>, klr@hadron.COM (Kurt L. Reisler) writes:
>> Disclaimer, I know zilch about VMS or DECNET.
>> 
>> With that out of the way, is it possible to upgrade from VMS 4.4 to VMS
>> 5.1 or higher, without first upgrading to VMS 5.0?  
>[funny story about car crash deleted]
>> So, do we need to get replacements for the 5.0 tapes, or can we just
>> start the upgrade with the 5.1 tapes?

>Afraid so. You will need V5.0, but I don't think you need the V4.6 tape - I 
>may be wrong here, but I haven't got the manuals handy.

Sure, but it's a long long way to do the upgrade, i believe you better do
an fresh install of the highest version of VMS, you have. I spent at least
two days to walk through the upgrade from 4.7 to 5.0-2. And every major
upgrade (5.0 -> 5.1, 5.1 -> 5.2 and so on) eats one more day of your 
live. One nice effect: A fresh install defragments your disk (INITIALIZE !).

Sincerely,
Klaus Steinberger
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