Re: Risc Upgrade Woes...

["O'Connor, Peter H." <102736.3535@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matthias states:

"However, my CE has recommended I don't delete any of the above because  
I will have all new disks on the RISC box. He says that if for any  
reason we have to revert back to the original system, I can just put  
the old disks back in and be up and running as it was in no time.He  
also recommended not to exclude anything on the final save tapes. I  
must say, from a timing point of view excluding my unobservable objects  
and RPG wouldn't really make a difference. Space on the target system
is not an issue either..." 

Your CE has a point about hooking up old disk.  However, I would not waste the
time saving junk and then restoring junk!   If you have all the time in the
world, fine but most people do not have that kind of time.   One thing the road
map does not cover is the Murphy Factor.  Murphy visits many upgrades to RISC
for many reasons.  Murphy Time factor of 15-20% of estimated upgrade time should
be planned for Murphy.   Better be prepared.  IBM does not mention Murphy but he
likes all of us.

I had a client who lost 12.5 hours to Murphy and object conversion was going to
take 25+ hours.  He was able to do it in 7 so he made up the time lost.  He had
not planned for Murphy visiting!!!!!!   He was just one of the lucky ones.  

So count on the Murphy factor and follow Al's rules for upgrading that you also
mentioned.

Peter H. O'Connor
PAE
7 Riverway Rd.
Salem, MA 01970
508-744-8612 (T)
508-745-7945 (F)
102736.3535@compuserve.com

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