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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We are in the process of migrating to new database servers. Our current RAC clusters are running OCFS2 1.2.9 on RHEL 4. Our new servers are running OCFS2 1.6 OEL5. If possible, we would like to minimize the amount of data that needs to move as we migrate to the new servers. We have the following questions:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Can we mount an existing OCFS2 1.2 volume on a servers running OCFS2 1.6?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Are there any negative implications of being in a mixed mode? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> If we need to add a OCFS2 1.6 volume to increase a tablespace size, can we have one datafile be OCFS2 1.2 and another<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> be OCFS2 1.6 for the same tablespace?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Can we use OCFS2 1.6 features against an OCFS2 1.2 volume mounted on OCFS2 1.6?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Nancy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='background:white;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=65 valign=top style='width:49.1pt;border:solid white 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.suny.edu/"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=50 height=49 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.gif@01CCF863.F6B6D610" alt=circle></span></a><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=354 valign=top style='width:265.5pt;border:solid white 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Nancy Maki</span></b><br><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Manager of Database Services<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Office of Information & Technology</span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The State University of New York </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>State University Plaza - Albany, New York 12246 </span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tel: 518.320.1213 Fax: 518.320.1550<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>eMail: Nancy.Maki@suny.edu</span><br><b><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Be a part of Generation SUNY: </span></i></b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/generationsuny"><b><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Facebook</span></i></b></a><b><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> - </span></i></b><a href="http://www.twitter.com/generationsuny"><b><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Twitter</span></i></b></a><b><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> - </span></i></b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/generationsuny"><b><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>YouTube</span></i></b></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>