Re: Upgrading Server Questions

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"It Depends."  :-)

If the new machine is capable of running i 6.1 (I hope not) then you 
could save 21/restore 21. But I wouldn't recommend that anyway.

If the new machine is capable of i 7.2 then I would do a risk to risk 
migration. You save 21 on the 6.1 partition and with only the O/S on the 
new system restore the 6.1 on top of that and then install the licensed 
programs starting with QGPL etc which upgrades on the new server.

That would be the preferred path for sure.

        - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

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On 2/9/2018 12:04 PM, Mike Wills wrote:
> Sorry I have been a lurker for 3 years now. The slow death (or migration
> away from the platform) of our beloved IBM i has been my primary focus for
> several years now. I just LOVE how stable the Microsoft platform is! I call
> support quite often about issues with speed or database issues. Ug.
>
> Anyway, for a side job, there is a system that is due to be retired soon
> that is still running 6.1. We are looking at moving them to a new system.
> Can we do the migration without upgrading, or do we have to upgrade to 7.1
> then migrate and upgrade to (hopefully) to whatever the latest version
> is. (Yes, I am THAT far behind on knowing what's out there).
>
> --
> Mike Wills
> http://mikewills.me