Off topic--Vantage 4.0 and 5.0 on same machine

We've had two databases of 3.0, one of 4.0, and two of 5.0 running all at the same time on the same server without any noticable performance problem. (Dual 450Mhz server with 512MB Ram).

What you WILL want to do is only set up the test databases for two or three users, and allocate memory to the main database using the -B paramter in it's command line (or in Progress Explorer if you are using that).

Currently we have three 5.0 databases and one 5.1 database running and active on our server. I have one database each of 5.0 and 5.1 running on my laptop as I write.


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During the initial install of Vantage and Progress software for a NEW version, you will have to reboot your server twice (once for Progress, then once again for the progress patch). After the software is installed, you shouldn't have to reboot your computer to convert your old database to a new version. Also, we've gone for weeks without needing to reboot - although we do from time to time just to clean things up.

Troy Funte
Liberty Electronics

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From: pjudd@...
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 1:39 PM
Subject: [Vantage] off topic--Vantage 4.0 and 5.0 on same machine


We were advised (or ill-advised) that 4.0 and 5.0 could be on the
same server with 4.0 running live and 5.0 in a test environment. Did
we just get a practice round of installing 5.0, or can they run
together? Tech support said they can't run concurrently.


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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: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto: 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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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
We were advised (or ill-advised) that 4.0 and 5.0 could be on the
same server with 4.0 running live and 5.0 in a test environment. Did
we just get a practice round of installing 5.0, or can they run
together? Tech support said they can't run concurrently.
I asked the same question before we went live with 5.0 a couple of weeks ago
and several people told me that they have both versions running on the same
server. However, unless you have capacity to spare on your live server, I
would suggest doing your testing on another machine simply to prevent the
additional overhead of running 5.0 from handicapping your 4.0 server.

Brian Boyes,
Systems Administrator,
Precision Resource Canada Ltd.
<http://www.precisionresource.com>
<mailto:brianb@...>

> -----Original Message-----
> We were advised (or ill-advised) that 4.0 and 5.0 could be on the
> same server with 4.0 running live and 5.0 in a test environment. Did
> we just get a practice round of installing 5.0, or can they run
> together? Tech support said they can't run concurrently..
Also, running a test database on a live server greatly increases the
likelihood that the live server will have to be rebooted / taken down, etc,
no matter how well the live server can handle the load.

If you follow the upgrade procedure properly, and don't run into any issues
whatsoever, then you don't have to reboot more than once or twice. However,
if those are the assumptions one wants to make, then they may as well forgoe
the whole test upgrade process....

Thad

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Boyes [mailto:brianb@...]
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 12:43 PM
To: 'vantage@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: RE: [Vantage] off topic--Vantage 4.0 and 5.0 on same machine


I asked the same question before we went live with 5.0 a couple of weeks ago
and several people told me that they have both versions running on the same
server. However, unless you have capacity to spare on your live server, I
would suggest doing your testing on another machine simply to prevent the
additional overhead of running 5.0 from handicapping your 4.0 server.

Brian Boyes,
Systems Administrator,
Precision Resource Canada Ltd.
<http://www.precisionresource.com>
<mailto:brianb@...>

> -----Original Message-----
> We were advised (or ill-advised) that 4.0 and 5.0 could be on the
> same server with 4.0 running live and 5.0 in a test environment. Did
> we just get a practice round of installing 5.0, or can they run
> together? Tech support said they can't run concurrently..


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/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
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

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/