The MP and FP lines are mutually exclusive.  You pick one or the other
from what I understand.  The MP line is for people who have the
functionality they need and just want bug fixes, the FP line is for
added functionality and new bugs :-].

~JK

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Len Boyle [mailto:Len.Boyle AT sas DOT com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 6:30 PM
> To: Kennedy, Jeffrey; Scott Jacobson;
veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] DataCenter v4.5 FP6 Release
> 
> I did a little looking around on support.veritas.com and found the
> following in one of the zillion mp6 readme files. It also said that
mp6
> could not be installed over fp3. There was no reference to mp3.
> len
>
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> ---------------------
> 
> Note MP6 will be a prerequisite for installing all subsequent patches.
> Since MP6 is a full CD release, there
> 
> is no mechanism to uninstall only MP6, as there is when the pack
installer
> is used. Future 4.5 patches
> 
> will use the VERITAS pack installer.
> 
>
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> ---------
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>       -----Original Message-----
>       From: Kennedy, Jeffrey [mailto:jkennedy AT qualcomm DOT com]
>       Sent: Tue 12/16/2003 9:11 PM
>       To: Len Boyle; Scott Jacobson; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
>       Cc:
>       Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] DataCenter v4.5 FP6 Release
> 
> 
> 
>       Concerning original poster, all the other FP's required FP3 as a
> base.  My bet would be FP6 is no different.  The reason is that 4.5FP3
was
> technically a Full release, not a patch release.  Marketing wanted it
to
> be on the same release train as the MP line so they called it FP3 to
match
> MP3.  However, it is not a patch install.
> 
> 
> 
>       So 4.5FP3 would be the base install from which all subsequent
> patches are applied.
> 
> 
> 
>       ~JK
> 
> 
> 
> 
>   _____
> 
> 
>       From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-
> admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of len boyle
>       Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 4:25 PM
>       To: Scott Jacobson; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
>       Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] DataCenter v4.5 FP6 Release
> 
> 
> 
>       Hello Scott
> 
> 
> 
>       The last time I looked I did not see fp6 on the
support.vertias.com
> web page. But given that I could not check, I have have not heard that
fp6
> or mp6 remove the need for the base CD Installation.
> 
> 
> 
>       Another thought on the upgrade issue.
> 
>       Last week we did hear that fp3 will be last of the releases of
that
> form.
> 
>       At a local meeting a veritas speaker did ask for feedback on the
> following question. Note: this is my wording and not his. Should
veritas
> bring out minor releases on a shorter intervals with less changes. Or
> bring out fewer new releases but with more new features in each.
> 
> 
> 
>       len
> 
>               ----- Original Message -----
> 
>               From: Scott Jacobson <mailto:SJACOBSO AT novell DOT com>
> 
>               To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> 
>               Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 5:23 PM
> 
>               Subject: [Veritas-bu] DataCenter v4.5 FP6 Release
> 
> 
> 
>               Question.
> 
> 
> 
>               Does installing FP6 (or MP6 for that matter) still
require the
> FP3/MP3 Base CD installation first?
> 
> 
> 
>               Thanks in advance.
> 
> 
> 
>               Scott J.
> 
> 
> 
>