Re: Y2K (fwd)

["Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa@xxxxxxx>]

At 06:12 PM 8/16/99 -0400, Don wrote:

Don,

Lots of problems.  All of the internal logging tools (VLOGS etc) get 
screwed up.  QHST is a mess.  Passwords expire.

Print out the page, take it to the men's room for a long sit down.  It will 
clean you out.

http://www.as400.ibm.com/developer/year2000/y2sysdat.html

Al



>Al,
>
>how about some details about what gets screwed up...  I've taken a 600 all
>the way to 2007 and come back...no problems other than service
>director...and this box has been back to current date for 3 months now
>sans any problems....
>
>Thanks....
>
>Don in DC...
>
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 16:53:59 -0700
>From: "Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa2@ibm.net>
>Reply-To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>Subject: Re: Y2K
>
>At 03:50 PM 8/16/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >We are going to set the dates on our development box CISC 3.2 and one of our
> >production boxes RISC 4.2 to the year 2000 and beyond.  Has anyone had "any"
> >experience in doing this?  Everything  I read says at the end of the test to
> >scratch and reload.  Can we do this is in a controlled environment and not
> >do the scratch reload?  Any advice and/or help will be appreciated.
> >
>You cannot do a gross backdating of an AS/400 without reloading.  Otherwise
>you will screw up the system.
>
>Promise, been there, done that, bought the t-shirt.
>
>Al
>
>
>
>
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