<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1498" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We are looking at moving our RT server from a SPARC
Sunblade 150 running Solaris 9 over to an x86 OS on a VMWare ESX virtual
infrastructure node.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyone done this?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any comments?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm looking to answer a few things:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Which OS would I be better off using in terms of
ease of setup and performance / cost / support:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Fedora Core 3</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4 (update
1)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Solaris 10 x86</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any ideas on how to migrate from on RT release
(3.0.3) on SPARC over to the new OS / platform and RT 3.4.2?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was thinking:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Install a minimal OS on the new Virtual
node</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Satisfy RT 3.4.2 dependencies</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Install and configure 3.0.3 on the new virtual
node</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Copy the existing 3.0.3 database over and
test</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Upgrade to 3.4.2</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Cut over the from the SPARC to the new virtual
node</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any comments /
suggestions?</FONT></DIV></BODY><!--[object_id=#gdcanada.com#]--><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>
<P align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=1>The information contained in this e-mail message is PRIVATE. It may contain confidential information and may be legally privileged. It is intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this communication is strictly prohibited. If the intended recipient(s) cannot be reached or if a transmission problem has occurred, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and destroy all copies of this message. <BR>Thank you.</FONT> </FONT></FONT></P></FONT></SPAN><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></FONT></HTML>