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Re: [ADSM-L] Support for Oracle 9i

2013-12-11 07:46:54
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Support for Oracle 9i
From: Remco Post <r.post AT PLCS DOT NL>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 13:45:51 +0100
Op 11 dec. 2013, om 13:24 heeft Loon, EJ van - SPLXM <Eric-van.Loon AT KLM DOT 
COM> het volgende geschreven:

> Hi Remco!
> I heard that IBM will not offer extended support for 5.5. I'll have to
> check with our sales rep.
> I do accept that it won't break. It has been running fine for years, so
> one can say it's proven technology by now. The only problem is that my
> customers will probably not accept it…

so they either bust some balls at one vendor to speed up the upgrade or at the 
other to provide continued support… I’m assuming that if the DB is important 
enough they are willing to pay for all additional costs...

> Kind regards,
> Eric van Loon
> AF/KLM Storage Engineering
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of
> Remco Post
> Sent: woensdag 11 december 2013 11:47
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: Support for Oracle 9i
> 
> RPQ for extended support? If the DB is important enough that should fly
> :)
> 
> Or just accept that it won't break just because support ends....
> 
> Op 11 dec. 2013, om 11:15 heeft Loon, EJ van - SPLXM
> <Eric-van.Loon AT KLM DOT COM> het volgende geschreven:
> 
>> Hi guys!
>> 
>> We still have several systems running Oracle 9 databases. Some of them
> 
>> can't be upgraded because the application on top of the database does 
>> not support Oracle 10 (yet). Anyway, Oracle still delivers sustaining 
>> support for Oracle 9, but support for backing up their databases 
>> (through the TDP for Oracle 5.5 client) will end by April 30 next
> year.
>> Same goes for the TDP for ERP client. The 5.5 client is the highest 
>> version available for mySAP with an Oracle 9 database and thus it's 
>> EOS next April.
>> 
>> How do you cope with that? I think IBM should come up with a solution 
>> for this, right?
>> 
>> Kind regards,
>> 
>> Eric van Loon
>> 
>> AF/KLM Storage Engineering
>> 
>> 
>> 
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 Met vriendelijke groeten/Kind Regards,

Remco Post
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