There’s
many reason why not to upgrade.
Ex1:
One of our client required the use of a RACAL module
which will not work with NV6.02. Until we come-up with a solution for his
legacy hardware there’s not much choice but to stay with the old software
for at least part of the management of the infra.
Ex2:
If you’ve heavily invested programming effort in API interfaces it can be
very time consuming to re-test everything and because of this my experience has
been that people prefer to stick with what is stable.
Ex3:
New release == new bug. Often it’s simpler to stick with a release with
known bug but with documented work around then to upgrade to a new release where
you don’t know what you will get.
Personaly I’ve always been part of the crowd that will push back upgrade until
a critical feature I need is available or until there’s no more support
for the release I use. This has served me well in part life as I can
concentrate on building new solution rather then simply upgrade to have the ‘flavor of the day’.
Minor
upgrade are one thing, major release upgrade quite another … it all
depends on what is fixed, how it’s fixed and if you need-it. IMO, if you
don’t miss-it, you don’t need-it (You know what I mean).
My .02cents (CDN on top of that!).
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[mailto:owner-nv-l@tkg.com] De la part de
Barr, Scott
Envoyé : 27 septembre, 2001
09:04
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Objet : [NV-L] Gentle
scolding
Folks, I know you hear this all the
time but it bears repeating.
UPGRADE TO THE CURRENT VERSION!
I am interested in hearing why folks
are not running v6.02. There is no good reason that I know of to NOT upgrade.
If you are on version 6 already, the upgrade is free. (Isn't free upgrade from
v5.1 also?)
The point is, you are doing
yourself, your company, and your users a disservice. You are making your life
more difficult and limiting the functionality, flexibility and resilience of
your systems management platform. To coin a phrase some vendor is using now
"the network IS the product"
Make the boss buy you a test box,
get the new version shipped and get upgraded! It doesn't hurt! You won't get a
rash! The interest rate is well below prime! Its endorsed by the ASPCA, NRA,
NIH and beautiful spokes-super-models-persons and super-star athletes
everywhere! UPGRADE UPGRADE UPGRADE!
===> This has been a public
service announcement designed to save James and Leslies sanity. Thank you.
Scott
Barr
Network
Systems Engineer
CSG
Systems
Phone:
402-431-7939
Fax:
402-431-7413
Email:
Scott_Barr@csgsystems.com