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Conference utrop1::linkworks_v3_2

Title:	LinkWorks V3.2 Notes Conference

Moderator:	UTROP1::utotack2.uto.dec.com::TACK_L

Created:	Wed Dec 04 1996
Last Modified:	Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	145
Total number of notes:	260

136.0. "HP - interoperability??" by SNOC02::DEGROOT () Wed Apr 30 1997 10:59

*** cross posted  LINKWORKS_V3 & LINKWORKS_V3_2  ***

Hi,

	We have a customer who will be going to tender shortly for an upgrade
to their central AlphaServers 2100's running D-UNIX 3.2c and Linkworks 3.0   
(They also have a number of cell AlphaServers that they will be retaining).
Their current version of Oracle is 7.2.2.4

	The customer wants to stay with AlphaServers, but need to go to an
open tender because they are a government department.

	HP has targetted this account as a MUST get deal - at any cost. They
will effectively try to buy the business.


	Rather than be a price cutting exercise as well for Digital, we would
prefer some nice FUD!!

	So - apart from some of the obvious issues of having to manage a mixed
operating system environment, what issues are likely to arise with having a
HP box as a central Linkworks server to a number of remote D-Unix linkworks 
servers?


	Some thoughts:-

	- Is Linkworks 3.X only supported on HP-UX 10.0 or will it run on HP-UX
	  10.2  (the release for the "K" series)?

	- Just to check - will Linkworks 3.X work on D-Unix 4.0b (or 4.0c)??

	- Will it be painful to migrate their 3.0 Linkworks to 3.08 or 3.2?? 

	- Would the remote systems (running the older versions) have any issues
	  running with a central system running the newer versions? D-UNIX any
	  difference to HP-UX?

Any help at all would be appreciated,

Paul deGroot (very much a Linkworks novice!!)
Tech. Support.
Brisbane, Australia.

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	In general, you can run a LinkWorks version on a supported platform and newer releases, provided the newer releases are compatible. I know you can run 3.0.8 on DIGITAL UNIX 3.2 and 4.0. With HP I do not expect problems. Anyway, LinkWorks has to support the latest platforms, so problems will be fixed. Martin

In general, you can run a LinkWorks version on a supported platform and
newer releases, provided the newer releases are compatible.

I know you can run 3.0.8 on DIGITAL UNIX 3.2 and 4.0.

With HP I do not expect problems. Anyway, LinkWorks has to support the
latest platforms, so problems will be fixed.

Martin