>>On Thu, 23 May 1996, Douglas J. Rener wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> My company is currently at the 3.0 operating system (HP3000). We >>> want to upgrade to at least 4.5 so we can access our Image data using >>> ImageSQL. >> >> And Jim Alton responded: >> >> The 4.0 to 5.0 upgrade was done on a 987 with ~ 22 gig of disk, mixed >>SCSI, SCSI-2 and FL. That took about 28 hours. >> >> Those time estimates do not include the time I took doing two full >>backups of the system and cutting two CSLT's. >> >>Jim >> Be sure to validate your tapes many days before the planned upgrade. I am speaking from experience, it is not a pretty sight when you try to upgrade with a bad tape. Rick Clark P/A for WW&R