[OpenIndiana-discuss] well travelled Q about mving from oi_151a9 to ?

[Ron Dawson]

We've updated some fairly old HP Z400 workstations from OI_151a9 to Hipster
with no discernable hardware issues.  The only issues we had were with HP
network printers no longer working, but that had nothing to do with the
hardware.

- Ron


On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 2:15 AM Harry Putnam <reader at newsguy.com> wrote:

> setup:
>   SunOS 2x 5.11 oi_151a9 i86pc i386 i86pc
>   Running on HP xw8600 2x of these:
>   Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5470 @ 3.33GHz XU1 PROCESSOR
>
> I've been running build 151a9 for a good while but starting to see
> problems with compatibility in some areas... had a few go arounds with
> ssh, and now the latest virtual box won't install involving what I think
> is incompats there too.  I run 5-9 vms that are no more than toys
> really.  Nothing commercial or involving much money.
>
> If not now then soon the aging software problems will increase without
> upgrading to something.
>
> I need some sage advice about what to move to.  Is hipster likely to
> last a while and be upgradable etc.  Is it likely to install on my
> hardware?  I have it running in 2 vms but one can't really tell how it
> react to real (no oldish) hardware.
>
> There are so many contenders in the solaris alike field I barely know
> what to even consider.  I tried making a vm from sol 11.3 today but it
> failed severly with many services unable to start wouldn't evem boot
> to crippled state but just crash clear down after a few minutes way
> more mess that I wanted to wade into.
>
> But can anyone say how it might go were I to get a successful install
> on my hardware not a vm with 11.3
>
> My skill level is very low but somehow... with lots of help here and a
> few other places I've stayed online for several years. With only small
> downtime.
>
> I'd like to move to something I can expect to stay up for maybe 3yrs
> or so without major reinstalls required.
>
> So in blunt terms we have a dope at the helm who stumbles along with
> some help.. I have a working knowledge of zfs but afraid my zpools will
> be so outdated there will be major problems.
>
> The good side is currently I have nothing onboard I can't loose or
> could rsync the data onto linux hosts on my local lan.
>
> So not tons of data.. maybe 460 GB total.
>
> Any advice about what to get restarted on that will seem familiar to
> at least some degree, and will be upgradable into the future for
> several yrs.
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