Hi
We are already patched to 3.5 sp1, It's just generally slow, especially running reports and print previews take even longer - 45 seconds to preview an invoice!
We are already patched to 3.5 sp1, It's just generally slow, especially running reports and print previews take even longer - 45 seconds to preview an invoice!
--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Parker" <scrumbus@...> wrote:
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> We found our Epicor 9 was running extremely slow on some of our machines while others seemed fine. Some machines would take 45+ seconds to launch Epicor 9 and about 30+ seconds to open various forms - while other machines seemed more reasonable.
>
> After digging through these machines and comparing, we found that the machines that were slow had Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0 installed with Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5 base.
>
> When we did a manual Windows update and installed the .Net Framework 3.5 SP1 patch (which also patches .Net Framework 2.0 to SP2) those machines that were impossibly slow were all back to their quick speeds, lauching Epicor 9 in under 10 seconds.
>
> You can go into the Add/Remove Programs in Windows to see what you've got installed. It will indicate the Service Pack levels on the frameworks you've got installed currently.
>
> --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "steve.ching@" <steve.ching@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> > We went live in April on 503 and did have to patch the accounts side to keep us going, we also have issues with multi level jobs that use reference designators (We are a contract electronics manufacture) but despite this we have been running successfully since.
> > We are upgrading to 504a on our test server tomorrow and will test it for a week or so before going live due to the number of changes from 503. I would still recommend that you upgrade to 504a before going live.
> > Just wish they would release a patch to make it run faster!
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, <sysadmin@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Mark and Patrick,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thank you both for your feedback, I appreciate you taking the time to post
> > > your comments. "Get to 504 or higher" is coming through loud and clear!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Patrick, I hope you can get some more "one-off" fixes for your install,
> > > since the .505 SP apparently is not expected for release until
> > > mid-September.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Scott
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > _____
> > >
> > > From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> > > Mark Wagner
> > > Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 7:38 PM
> > > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com; cpavug@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: Re: [Vantage] Epicor 9: 9.04.503b, 9.04.504 or 9.04.504a
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Scott, we went live on 504 and I would strongly recommend that you get at
> > > least to 504 before going live. There were many changes from 503B to 504,
> > > too many to list here but you really should at least get to 504. We are in a
> > > controlled medical device environment so it will take us a week or so to
> > > test 504A but from the updates I have read (and experienced) there are a
> > > couple of programs, particularly the generate AR invoices which you should
> > > have patched in before you go live if you have not installed 504A. For some
> > > reason, the Aging reports wont work without this patch in 504
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > _____
> > >
> > > From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> > > Patrick Parker
> > > Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 4:53 PM
> > > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: [Vantage] Re: Epicor 9: 9.04.503b, 9.04.504 or 9.04.504a
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Epicor 9 patch strategies at this point can't be compared to Vantage 8
> > > strategies. When running version 8, it's a balance of considering whether
> > > you need to address any major bugs that affect you or whether you should
> > > just stick with what's working now without risking adding some new broken
> > > element.
> > >
> > > With Epicor 9, each patch at this point is addressing some fairly
> > > substantial bugs that affect anyone using the product. There were some
> > > fairly large financial bugs addressed in 504 (many that we needed to get
> > > one-off's for). These affected AP, check printing, AR cash receipts, journal
> > > editing, and on. You can read the list in the documentation area on the
> > > Epicweb site.
> > >
> > > 504A had less critical bugs for us, but it still addressed some large
> > > financial issues again as well as some serial number issuing problems on
> > > jobs - or serial numbers being used in QA.
> > >
> > > We already need 505 for some issues with filtering parts now broken in
> > > engineering workbench.
> > >
> > > So... personally I would highly urge you to not go live without 504 at the
> > > very minimum. However with the number of fairly critical bugs being
> > > addressed at this stage, you're pretty much forced to gobble up each patch
> > > as they come out knowing full well you're gonna get handed a new batch of
> > > problems while addressing some others.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > _____
> > >
> > > From: Scott Lepley <sysadmin@mercuryele
> > > <mailto:sysadmin%40mercuryelectronics.com> ctronics.com>
> > > Subject: [Vantage] Epicor 9: 9.04.503b, 9.04.504 or 9.04.504a
> > > To: vantage@yahoogroups <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> .com,
> > > cpavug@yahoogroups. <mailto:cpavug%40yahoogroups.com> com
> > > Date: Monday, August 3, 2009, 2:37 PM
> > >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > I realize that the audience for this posting is still relatively small, but
> > > any feedback that those of you using or testing Epicor 9 can give would be
> > > greatly appreciated. We have been testing Epicor 9 at the .503a patch level
> > > and are preparing to go live later this month. Clearly, the 504a patch has
> > > not been available for very long to allow users to apply it, much less test
> > > it, but it seems that's where we need to go. However, we would be
> > > interested to hear any and all recommendations regarding how far we should
> > > upgrade at this point: 503b, 504 or 504a. If anyone has encountered a major
> > > issue with any of these three releases, please elaborate about it.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Scott Lepley
> > >
> > > Systems Analyst
> > > Mercury Electronics Division
> > > Diversified Traffic Products, Inc.
> > > 3846 Green Valley Road
> > > P.O. Box 248
> > > Seven Valleys, PA 17360
> > > Tel.: 717-428-0222, ext. 250
> > > Fax: 717-428-0333
> > > Email: scott.lepley@ mercuryelectronics.com
> > > Vantage version 8.03.403d
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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