I agree with everyone else, do everything on a test server first. Let me
mention one more thing to consider. If your live server is running raid 5
where you have several drives mirroring each other, then that will run
slower than on a test machine with less cpu speed. When crunch time came
for us going to 5.0 from 4.0 I ended up starting both data conversions at
the same time. One on my test machine (my notebook) and one on my server.
I ended up aborting the server since my test machine finished first. I
found out from tech support that the cpu speed didn't have as much to do
with it as the speed of the harddrive. They said the best conversion
machine is one with 2 harddrives. One to read from and one to write to.
Let me mention one more thing; Tech support is super with these conversions.
With that in mind try to convert for real on a weekend they're working.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Horton [mailto:jim.horton@...]
Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 8:36 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] 5.2 Conversion
I would do my converting on the "old" server and start fresh with 5.2 on the
new one. 5.2 is stable so far with us, but using it only a few weeks. Some
of the screens look allot different also.
Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: Dina Hieber [mailto:dhieber@...]
Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 8:46 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] 5.2 Conversion
We are also planning going to 5.2 in the next week. We purchased a new
server, that we planning putting 5.2 on. We are currently running 4.0 -
do I need to install 4.0, 5.0, 5.1 and 5.2 on the new server to convert?
(I know this was covered before)
Second question - how many people are running 5.2? Is it stable? We
are not using ODBC right now.
Thanks,
Dina
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Horton [mailto:jim.horton@...]
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 10:22 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] 5.2 Conversion
We are testing 5.2 now before using it totally, and everything seems to
be going well. I did a clean install on a new 2000 server to keep from
having the progress conflicts on the same server. Both can be put on
the same server, but to make it work seems like a "band aid" fix. i did
not get a "warm & fuzzy" feeling after talking with Epicor's tech
support.
Good Luck, mine went smooth, hope yours does too!
Jim
P.S. to the group, great to be back. We are finally getting more into
custom reports and your messages help allot.
-----Original Message-----
From: Nancy Mercier [mailto:vonelist@...]
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 10:17 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] 5.2 Conversion
We are upgrading to 5.2 this weekend after our server migration to
Windows 2000. Are you using ODBC link in some applications? If yes, what
is the performance? Does it crash constantly or does it seem to be
stable? We are running
5.0 on Windows 2000 server and it is a nightmare. I hope by moving to
progress 9.1.d instead of 9.1.a and installing the latest version of
ODBC will solved these issues. Any comments or suggestions will be
appreciated. P.S We have made a lot
of test using this configuration and it seem to provide very good
results in stability and speed.
Nancy
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Horton [mailto:jim.horton@...]
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 4:43 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] 5.2 Conversion
We have 5.1 on a NT server. I just installed 5.2 on a Windows 2000
server with no problems, were using Windows 2000pro and XPpro on our
desktops. Running both concurrently on the same desktop, no problems so
far.
Jim Horton
Mol-Son, Inc.
-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Lukomski [mailto:phil.lukomski@...]
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 4:34 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups. com (E-mail)
Subject: [Vantage] 5.2 Conversion
We're planning our conversion to 5.2. Are there any differences or
nuances
using Windows NT 4.0 vs Windows 2000? Any inherent problems with
either?
Phil Lukomski
Trace-A-Matic Corp
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(2) To search through old msg's goto:
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<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages>
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<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links>
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have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder
and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.>
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages>
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
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<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links>
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(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder
and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
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<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.>
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
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<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages>
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(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
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<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.>
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages>
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Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.>
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages>
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links>
Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service
<http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
mention one more thing to consider. If your live server is running raid 5
where you have several drives mirroring each other, then that will run
slower than on a test machine with less cpu speed. When crunch time came
for us going to 5.0 from 4.0 I ended up starting both data conversions at
the same time. One on my test machine (my notebook) and one on my server.
I ended up aborting the server since my test machine finished first. I
found out from tech support that the cpu speed didn't have as much to do
with it as the speed of the harddrive. They said the best conversion
machine is one with 2 harddrives. One to read from and one to write to.
Let me mention one more thing; Tech support is super with these conversions.
With that in mind try to convert for real on a weekend they're working.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Horton [mailto:jim.horton@...]
Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 8:36 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] 5.2 Conversion
I would do my converting on the "old" server and start fresh with 5.2 on the
new one. 5.2 is stable so far with us, but using it only a few weeks. Some
of the screens look allot different also.
Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: Dina Hieber [mailto:dhieber@...]
Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 8:46 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] 5.2 Conversion
We are also planning going to 5.2 in the next week. We purchased a new
server, that we planning putting 5.2 on. We are currently running 4.0 -
do I need to install 4.0, 5.0, 5.1 and 5.2 on the new server to convert?
(I know this was covered before)
Second question - how many people are running 5.2? Is it stable? We
are not using ODBC right now.
Thanks,
Dina
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Horton [mailto:jim.horton@...]
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 10:22 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] 5.2 Conversion
We are testing 5.2 now before using it totally, and everything seems to
be going well. I did a clean install on a new 2000 server to keep from
having the progress conflicts on the same server. Both can be put on
the same server, but to make it work seems like a "band aid" fix. i did
not get a "warm & fuzzy" feeling after talking with Epicor's tech
support.
Good Luck, mine went smooth, hope yours does too!
Jim
P.S. to the group, great to be back. We are finally getting more into
custom reports and your messages help allot.
-----Original Message-----
From: Nancy Mercier [mailto:vonelist@...]
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 10:17 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] 5.2 Conversion
We are upgrading to 5.2 this weekend after our server migration to
Windows 2000. Are you using ODBC link in some applications? If yes, what
is the performance? Does it crash constantly or does it seem to be
stable? We are running
5.0 on Windows 2000 server and it is a nightmare. I hope by moving to
progress 9.1.d instead of 9.1.a and installing the latest version of
ODBC will solved these issues. Any comments or suggestions will be
appreciated. P.S We have made a lot
of test using this configuration and it seem to provide very good
results in stability and speed.
Nancy
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Horton [mailto:jim.horton@...]
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 4:43 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] 5.2 Conversion
We have 5.1 on a NT server. I just installed 5.2 on a Windows 2000
server with no problems, were using Windows 2000pro and XPpro on our
desktops. Running both concurrently on the same desktop, no problems so
far.
Jim Horton
Mol-Son, Inc.
-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Lukomski [mailto:phil.lukomski@...]
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 4:34 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups. com (E-mail)
Subject: [Vantage] 5.2 Conversion
We're planning our conversion to 5.2. Are there any differences or
nuances
using Windows NT 4.0 vs Windows 2000? Any inherent problems with
either?
Phil Lukomski
Trace-A-Matic Corp
Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must
have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder
and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.>
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages>
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links>
Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>
Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must
have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder
and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.>
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages>
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links>
Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>
Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must
have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder
and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.>
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages>
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links>
Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to
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Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have
already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.>
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages>
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links
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<http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>
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already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.>
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
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<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages>
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
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