Interesting, they are only upgrading from 9.04 not 8.03, so nto sure if that would technically apply.
My real concern and question would be what about the people who upgraded to 9.05.60x and then to 9.05.70x later, what was fixed or changed that would now be making their DBs different than everyone else?
This was part of the email that was received, the problem is there is nothing on epicweb that says anything about this, including the giant upgrade and installation PDFs they are providing.
“For the supported upgrade track, the DUU Data Upgrade Utility needs to be used for conversions from 904.507 going to Epicor905.702x.â€
The DUU contains a 904.508 version of the 904 that has additional data conversions that are required for the upgrade to 905.702x. This 904.508 version was not a Service pack release like a regular update release, the version was only released in the DUU utility.â€
“Please find out if your IT consultant used the DUU method to upgrade your database, if not, they need to re-upgrade your DB using the DUU, then give that DB for you to use. The same method of upgrade thru the DUU will need to be used for your final pass that you will then go live on in 905702a whenever that time comes.â€
From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 6:12 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Re: Upgrade 9.04 to 9.05, 9.04.508?!?
>>service pack 508I haven't heard that one before, but they should know better than anyone.
If you have access to Epicweb you can check out Answerbook 15838MPS.
The last note on the answerbook make me want to use DUU from now on.
"Any database upgraded from 8.03.40x to 9.05.702 after the Epicor 9.05.70x product was released (May 2012) without using the DUU is unsupported".
I've used both DUU and manually.
In my cases, it was actually less time doing it manually but...