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- From: woks4000@mailszrz.zrz.tu-berlin.de (Wolfgang Ksoll)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
- Subject: Re: Experiences installing AIX 3.2.3
- Date: 27 Jan 1993 08:05:57 GMT
- Organization: CompuNet Berlin
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- In article <1k51igINNh9m@menudo.uh.edu> mcbryde@navier.math.uh.edu (Jack Mcbryde) writes:
- >In article <1k46efINNiad@mailgzrz.TU-Berlin.DE> woks4000@mailszrz.zrz.tu-berlin.de (Wolfgang Ksoll) writes:
- >>In article <1993Jan26.155849.11544@msc.cornell.edu> rick@cougar.msc.cornell.edu (Rick Cochran) writes:
- >>>o I used the "from scratch" 3.2.3 tape.
- >>...
- >>Hi,
- >>I have two questions:
- >>- how much time did you spent to have a running system? Two days?
- >
- ...
- >I would venture that the break point for one day falls about at a 530-530H.
- >If your machine is faster, you should be able to completely install and update
- >in in a day. If its slower it can take two. This, of course, get shaded for
- >how much you are installing. (HINT: *don't* choose all when it asks you what
-
- Thank you, Jack, for your informations. We installed some 200 systems in 1992
- at about 40 customer sites. My problem is that a regular installation
- take too long. So we decided to create a bootable image to install new
- machines. This images is with AIX, AIXwindows and FORTRAN. All known and
- necessary patches are incorporated. This takes down the installation
- time to two hours on a desktop model and to 50 minutes on a 580.
-
- Even preloaded machines are no progress because you have to install
- most of the software yourself from disk. This takes too long.
-
- In 1992 we saw five upgrades: 3.2.0, 3.2.1, 3.2.2., 3.2.3 base, 3.2.3 extended.
- In a worst case estimation this would mean on a desktop model 10 days downtime
- (not counting the necessary phone calls and additional downtimes for
- essential fixes like the qdaemon patch introduced with 3.2.3). This is not
- acceptable.
-
- They waste my time with their distribution process (and do not pay for it).
- This must be changed. Are there any rumors what will change with the
- announcement in February?
-
- Enjoy,
-
-
- Wolfgang Ksoll woks4000@mailszrz.zrz.tu-berlin.de
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