Re: [IUG] Release 2007 - System vs. Staff application

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Sue,

Where can I find those Release Notes for Release 2007?

Thanks,
Joe Hewitt
Missouri State University


On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 5:18 PM, Sue E Boggs <boggs at ups dot edu> wrote:

> Per the Release Notes you can upgrade to JRE 1.6.0_02 at your
> convenience if you are already on JRE 1.5.0. Once you upgrade the server
> (and make those few wwwoption changes that are needed right away) you
> are set. You do not have to do anything to the client machines until you
> are ready to upgrade the JRE.
>
> The memory issue is a big one for us as well. A bunch of our student
> workstations (mostly milacq & milcat) don't have 1 G. They are finding
> it slow going now so I don't think they'll do okay under 2007 until we
> upgrade their memory. That is what will dictate when we can upgrade to
> the new Release.
>
> Since you haven't done an upgrade before I'll tell you the way I like to
> do it. I run the preparation phase in the afternoon so I can call III
> during our normal business hours if needed. That phase can be done while
> others are doing their normal work, though I do like to warn them not to
> run create lists or global updates or anything else that would be
> tasking the system. Then I answer no to the question of whether I want
> to continue. This is step 14 in the checklist. I come in the next
> morning before the library opens and run the commit phase (which seems
> to be called the conversion phase in this release). That way I don't
> have to come in quite so early in the morning to do it all in one step
> and I can be fore-warned of any problems in the initial step. We run a
> full unattended backup every night so I don't have a problem with that
> requirement before starting the second phase.
>
> It isn't as big a deal with the new servers but back in the day
> (sounding like an old timer) the whole process used to take longer.
> According to my notes the second phase of the 2006 upgrade took 20
> minutes. With the reindexing of this release it might be a bit longer.
>
> Sue
>
> Sue Boggs
> Cataloging & Library Technician
> Technical Services
> Library
> University of Puget Sound
> 1500 N. Warner St. #1021
> Tacoma, WA 98416-1021
> (253) 879-2667
> boggs at ups dot edu
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org [mailto:innopac-
> > bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of Pruntel,Alison
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 2:06 PM
> > To: sowder at andrews dot edu; innopac at innopacusers dot org
> > Subject: Re: [IUG] Release 2007 - System vs. Staff application
> >
> > Hi Steve,
> >
> >
> >
> > Thank you for responding.
> >
> >
> >
> > That's good to know about your situation. And again, just to clarify,
> > once we upgrade our server to 2007, I have to load the Millennium
> staff
> > client (milup160_02.exe + JRE 1.6.0_02) on all the staff PCs - i.e.,
> if
> > their staff workstation has 2006 (milup150_12.exe file + JRE
> 1.5.0_12)?
> > Or will they still be able to work on the old client (milup150_12.exe)
> > until I can upgrade (I'm guessing it's okay per
> > http://csdirect.iii.com/downloads/milclient.shtml)? I'm just trying to
> > plan out how we upgrade the server and then upgrade the staff
> machines,
> > i.e., do it all on one day or if I am able to do it on a rolling
> basis.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> >
> > Alison
> >
> >
> >
> > Alison Pruntel
> > Electronic Resources Librarian
> > Fauquier County Public Library
> > 11 Winchester Street
> > Warrenton, VA 20186
> > 540-349-2770 (voice)
> > 540-349-3278 (fax)
> > http://library.fauquiercounty.gov
> > http://fcpleresources.blogspot.com/
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> > Message: 11
> >
> > Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 14:36:11 -0400
> >
> > From: Steve Sowder <sowder at andrews dot edu>
> >
> > Subject: Re: [IUG] Release 2007 - System vs. Staff application
> >
> > To: IUG INNOPAC List <innopac at innopacusers dot org>
> >
> > Message-ID: <4820A51B dot 5090008 at andrews dot edu>
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> > We run our clients on XP with anything from 256M and up. The 256's are
> a
> >
> >
> > bit slow but not too bad if it only doing circulation.
> >
> >
> >
> > For Milcat, Milacq you should be ok with 1G. Of course, more is
> better.
> >
> >
> >
> > Steve Sowder Systems
> > Librarian
> >
> > sowder at andrews dot edu Andrews University
> >
> >
> >
> > Pruntel,Alison wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > I've never done an upgrade before and have what is probably a really
> >
> > > dumb question. We are a turnkey system. When you upgrade the server
> to
> >
> > > the latest release (2007), do you have to do all your staff machines
> > for
> >
> > > the Millennium applications at the same time, i.e., right after?
> We're
> >
> > > still on XP with the standard 1 Gb of RAM, which sounds like the
> bare
> >
> > > minimum, so our timing for upgrade is going to depend on when we can
> > get
> >
> > > those staff machines upgraded (staff run multiple apps). Any advice
> on
> >
> > > timing?
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Thanks,
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Alison
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Alison Pruntel
> >
> > > Electronic Resources Librarian
> >
> > > Fauquier County Public Library
> >
> > > 11 Winchester Street
> >
> > > Warrenton, VA 20186
> >
> > > 540-349-2770 (voice)
> >
> > > 540-349-3278 (fax)
> >
> > > http://library.fauquiercounty.gov
> <http://library.fauquiercounty.gov/>
> >
> >
> > > http://fcpleresources.blogspot.com/
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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