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Upgrading to DPA V12.0

martian_monster over 5 years ago

Has anyone upgraded to V12.0? I am looking at possibly doing this for some of the new features in V12.0 but just want to see what others have seen and to make sure the software is a STABLE upgrade. Thanks! - Dave

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0 mandevil over 5 years ago
DPA 12.0 looks to be a very stable version.
Upgrade adoption rates higher than any previous version
Support cases and engineering customer issues very low
No known unaddressed bugs that I'm aware of concerning stability
The one feedback I've heard is that new navigation was introduced with QPA (Query Performance Analyzer) that takes a little getting used to. However, once users got it, they really liked it and agreed with the navigation change.
Mind posting back with how the upgrade went (smooth, not smooth? and stability post-upgrade) and initial thoughts on new features?
Query Performance Analyzer
Table Tuning Advisors
Also, some videos that visually walk you through them:
QPA
TTA
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0 wluther over 5 years ago

martian monster I upgraded my system approximately 1 hour before your post, and it hasn't crashed... yet.
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0 martian_monster over 5 years ago in reply to wluther

Thanks mandevil and wluther for your input. I think the DPA updates have always been rock solid. My last Orion update.. well that left a bad after taste and I really don't want to mess up DPA - my DBAs love it.
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0 mandevil over 5 years ago in reply to wluther

Thoughts on the upgrade? New features (may take a couple days for the TTA to kick into gear as the analysis only runs at midnight each 24 hours.
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0 martian_monster over 5 years ago in reply to mandevil

mandevil - Just did the DPA update this morning to v 12 and it update went great. I think I spent more time taking snap shots and backing up the database than it took for the update. Looks great and the perfstack integration is AMAZING!!! I have to wait for the final all clear from the DBA on my team but so far so good.
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0 mandevil over 5 years ago in reply to martian_monster

Awesome! Make sure to check out the Table Tuning Advisors after a day or two. Think you'll like the insight it delivers.
If you find it cool, post back here with what you think is cool about it. If you don't find it cool, no need to follow up.
Kidding, let us know either way...
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0 martian_monster over 5 years ago in reply to mandevil

I know the DBAs on my team were excited for some of the SQL items that were added. I am super excited to have SQL added to PerfStack!!
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