Upgrading OS in production environment... this reminds me of a joke about police academy intake test:
The participants were offered a board with a round and a square hole and two pegs of similar shape. After the test the new recruits were sorted into two groups: very smart and very strong
So, yeah, you ought to be either very smart or very strong to upgrade OS in production environment, and then also discover changes to your database as you go along.
That's not to say that upgrades don't happen at all... but you'd be upgrading in a testing environment ten times before you try that "for real", and at that point you would have probably solved the question of whether you need to (re)install the database and how :)
Don't forget to do this on Friday afternoon! :D
Upgrading OS in production environment... this reminds me of a joke about police academy intake test:
The participants were offered a board with a round and a square hole and two pegs of similar shape. After the test the new recruits were sorted into two groups: very smart and very strong
So, yeah, you ought to be either very smart or very strong to upgrade OS in production environment, and then also discover changes to your database as you go along.
That's not to say that upgrades don't happen at all... but you'd be upgrading in a testing environment ten times before you try that "for real", and at that point you would have probably solved the question of whether you need to (re)install the database and how :)