Oracle 10g Upgrade Tomorrow: As announced in "News You Can Use" Issue 191, we have delayed the release of QVF Software v2.13. In its place, our technical staff will begin the process of updating the QVF Server in Lansing to a new version of the Oracle Database Management System tomorrow (Thursday, December 8). This upgrade will not affect the version of Oracle that your local QVF Server is running, but requires that all sites successfully replicate their data before noon tomorrow. Use the following as guidelines on how to prepare today for the upgrade:

Coming Next Week: The QVF Software Release has been rescheduled to occur over the weekend of December 17th. This upgrade will still require careful coordination and close cooperation between Bureau and Local staff. The upgrade times have been estimated to require in some cases 12-15+ hours (sites with high-speed internet typically can complete this process in 1-2 hours). This upgrade requires that someone be available in your office to perform a replication on the Friday before the upgrade and on the Monday following the upgrade. In some cases, it may be required that Bureau staff visit your location to pick-up the QVF Server; please inform staff of this possibility. For more details please refer back to NYCU Issue 190, ** noting that the upgrade will occur one week later than stated in that communication.

If your site has considered upgrading to a high-speed internet connection for the QVF Server in the past, this would be an excellent opportunity to pursue that option before this upgrade commences December 17th. Please contact the QVF Helpdesk before switching over to a high-speed connection for details.