SQL/MX 2.x Database and Application Migration Guide (G06.23+, H06.04+, J06.03+)

Version Management and Interoperability
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Delivery of SQL/MX Releases
A CA release limits the shipment of a product to a set of customers who agree to
specific use conditions, which include migrating to a GA release when it is ready. For
example, the SQL/MX DDL license (T0394) has controlled availability for current
SQL/MX releases.
An EAP release introduces a new product to customers at a very early stage and is a
type of test program conducted at a customer site.
For more information about these types of releases, see the
Managing Software
Changes manual.
Delivery of SQL/MX Releases
Each SQL/MX release is delivered as a set of Software Product Revisions (SPRs).
Some SQL/MX SPRs are first available for downloading from Scout for NonStop
Servers and are later available on the next RVU’s site update tape (SUT). Other
SQL/MX SPRs are available only on specific RVU SUTs and are not available in Scout
for NonStop Servers. Rarely, as is the case for SQL/MX Release 2.1.2 (H21), which is
an Early Product Delivery (EPD), the SQL/MX SPRs must be ordered in Scout for
NonStop Servers as a backup tape delivery.
For information about the delivery of significant SQL/MX releases, see Table 2-1
on
page 2-2 and Table 2-2
on page 2-3. To learn how to acquire an SQL/MX release that
is not listed in those tables, check the SQL/MX Master Softdoc (T0650) for that
SQL/MX release.
RVUs and Supported SQL/MX Releases
Each SQL/MX release is supported by specific release version updates (RVUs). An
RVU is a collection of compatible revisions of HP NonStop operating system software
products that are shipped and supported as a unit.
Before downloading a set of SQL/MX SPRs from Scout for NonStop Servers, verify
that the RVU of your system supports that release of NonStop SQL/MX. For more
information, see Table 2-1
on page 2-2 and Table 2-2 on page 2-3.
Table 2-3
lists the RVUs of NonStop systems and the SQL/MX releases that they
support. You can install only one SQL/MX release on a system at a time.
Table 2-3. RVUs and Supported SQL/MX Releases
RVUs Supported SQL/MX Releases
G06.18 to G06.22 SQL/MX Release 1.8
G06.23 and later SQL/MX Releases 2.0, 2.1
H06.03 SQL/MX Release 2.0
H06.04 and later SQL/MX Releases 2.0, 2.1, 2.2