Standard upgrade waiting period?

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Hi All,

I’m about to upgrade out mission critical server from 5 to 6.0.2. Now

6.0.3 is out or I could get 6.5. The last ones are very new. I’m

wondering if people out there have a standard waiting period they use to

monitor the Lotus Forums and other testing to see if an upgrade is stable.

Thanks

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Subject: Standard upgrade waiting period?

I agree - it does come down to gut feeling. However, I would install 6.0.3 as 6.0.x has been around for a while. If you are going to go straight to 6.5, you must build a test environment with valid up-to-date data so you can test the update and sort out any issues before you tackle your live environment.

Also, I would read the Domino R6 upgrade redbook which will talk you step by step for the upgrade.

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Jaime

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Subject: RE: Standard upgrade waiting period?

Jaime,Thanks. The Redbook is great I’ve used it in the past.

Scott

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Subject: Standard upgrade waiting period?

We normally wait a few point releases to install a completely new version e.g. 5.0.2 or 6.0.2, however I think it comes down to gut feeling. Not very scientific but that’s how it is. It’s about feeling right about the upgrade. For others I would say that it depends on the number of “non-standard” stuff you have running such as “hacks” in applications and third-party products installed.

As to 6.5 I think that if you consider going from R5 to R6 you might as well go directly to R6.5.

Mikkel Heisterberg