Comments on: In-Place Upgrades Suck http://lonesysadmin.net/2007/01/18/in-place-upgrades-suck/ Virtualization, System Administration, and Technology. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:17:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: More Sysadmin Truths at Bill O’Neill http://lonesysadmin.net/2007/01/18/in-place-upgrades-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-19247 More Sysadmin Truths at Bill O’Neill Sun, 21 Jan 2007 23:29:13 +0000 http://lonesysadmin.net/2007/01/18/in-place-upgrades-suck/#comment-19247 [...] ” In-Place Upgrades Suck” by The Lone Sysadmin [...] [...] ” In-Place Upgrades Suck” by The Lone Sysadmin [...]

]]> By: Mr Bean http://lonesysadmin.net/2007/01/18/in-place-upgrades-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-19005 Mr Bean Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:31:32 +0000 http://lonesysadmin.net/2007/01/18/in-place-upgrades-suck/#comment-19005 Agreed. I'd say that the .NET framework makes up for DLL hell somewhat, but it still doesn't fully correct the issues of the above said. Agreed. I’d say that the .NET framework makes up for DLL hell somewhat, but it still doesn’t fully correct the issues of the above said.

]]> By: Bob http://lonesysadmin.net/2007/01/18/in-place-upgrades-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-19001 Bob Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:04:44 +0000 http://lonesysadmin.net/2007/01/18/in-place-upgrades-suck/#comment-19001 Amen, brother. It's almost impossible to manage dependencies on systems, like Microsoft OSes, where there is no package management. In fact, that's a whole other rant, why MS doesn't use package managers for their own stuff. It'd make updates so much easier to sort out. Plus when they say "you need the Visual Studio C++ Runtime Libraries" you could fire up a little client and just auto-download the latest package. Amen, brother. It’s almost impossible to manage dependencies on systems, like Microsoft OSes, where there is no package management.

In fact, that’s a whole other rant, why MS doesn’t use package managers for their own stuff. It’d make updates so much easier to sort out. Plus when they say “you need the Visual Studio C++ Runtime Libraries” you could fire up a little client and just auto-download the latest package.

]]> By: Mr Bean http://lonesysadmin.net/2007/01/18/in-place-upgrades-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-19000 Mr Bean Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:02:04 +0000 http://lonesysadmin.net/2007/01/18/in-place-upgrades-suck/#comment-19000 I cannot count the number of times an in place upgrade has created more problems than just going through the complete rebuild of the server in the first place. Fortunately, I now carry the same mentality of only performing rebuilds of production equipment. Dependencies these days are almost to the point of exponential in comparison to the days of yore. I cannot count the number of times an in place upgrade has created more problems than just going through the complete rebuild of the server in the first place. Fortunately, I now carry the same mentality of only performing rebuilds of production equipment. Dependencies these days are almost to the point of exponential in comparison to the days of yore.

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