Hi All, I am working with AIX 5.2 and db2 v8.1, I hahve two questions:
1- Is it possible Coexist two version of AIX on one box? (e.g. 5.2 and 4.3)?
2-Can we upgrade db2 from v5.2 to v8.1 in one step? I have heard I should migrate from 5.2 to v6 or v7 and then jump to v8. is it correct?

thank you in advance for your help?

for 1 questions , answer is yes, you can install mutiple versions of db2 in same box.

for 2 questions , answer is no, you can not migrate from v5 to v8, v5 to v7 , v7 to v8.

because lots of difference between v5 & v8.


let me know if you need migration instruction .


thank you

Lekharaju Ennam

I donot think AIX4.3 & AIX5.2 can coexist. Only one OS version is possible per server.

Installing different DB versions will not be a problem.

Regards
Prakash

Thank you all for your answers,
famudba, I will appriciate if you send me the migration instructions.

famudba's migration insturctions, will no doubt, have some practical tips ...

But, why not look at the IBM manuals in the meantime ???

Cheers
Sathyaram

Hi, I'm a newbie and currently working on a project involving db2. Could anyone confirm if it's possible for db2 version 7 to coexist with db2 version 8 on the same AIX server? I've heard that it's not possible. What's the reason behind it and what are the dependencies? I would really appreciate any assistance you could offer. You can e-mail me @ alvsa@sunlife.com or vinosantos@postmaster.co.uk

Thanks,
Vino

Yes you are able to have db2v7 and db2v8 under one aix (already we have db2v5.2 ,v7.2 and v8.1 under aix 4.3.3.
db2 v7 is installed usr/lpp and v8 is installed in /usr/opt

good luck

Thanks for the feedback. Could you refer me to any documentation that I could check?