Re: V4R4 -- MIDRANGE-L

Congratulations Mike !

I can only IMAGINE doing 4 boxes at once with all that different software !!

Glad it went smoothly. What were the reasons for the Support Line call(s) ?

Get some rest !

Chuck

mcrump@ballfoster.com wrote:

> We just did a nutty thing and upgraded 4 production machines from V4R2 to V4R4
> over the weekend.  These servers run many differenct applications: custom 
>COBOL,
> RPG, and MI applications; JDE; Infinium; Showcase DataWarehouse; ESSBASE, 
>CA/400
> (V3R1M2 and V3R1M3), 100's of AFP printers, and loads of 3rd party software.
>
> We did this for many reasons: new hardware support, Y2K, and new OS/400
> functionality.  We did not want to wait until after year end which for us 
>would
> have put us into the late February/early March time frame to go to V4R4.
>
> The installations went well with a few minor glitches and we did have 1 
>initial
> problem after the upgrade.  All situations were handled well by calls into
> SupportLine.  My only complaint is waiting for a $%*&#@! call back.
>
> The after affects have been minimal.  The thing that drove me nuts was all the
> darn license keys to enter and wonderfully I have one machine that has some
> license keys for a P30 and some for P20.  Needless to say the P20 codes won't
> work so were are getting some annoying license messages.
>
> In summary:
>
> The V4R4 installs went pretty smooth.
> SupporLine help was great once I got to talk to a support person.
> V4R4 has been 'stable' for us.
> There have been no noticeable performance issues.
>
> I did do a few things differently (possibly):
>
> I installed the DB2 group ptf (99104).  With Showcase, DDM, DRDA, and SQL 
>these
> seems to be the best move.
> I did install currently available AFP ptf's.
> I did have to install a PTF SF57978 since DSPT and SNA PC5250 sessions would 
>not
> work on anything after we first came up.
>
> Anyway, just thought I would provide some of you with some information and 
>food
> for thought.
>
> Now, if I can recover from the sleepless night and play with some of the new
> things....
>
> Mike
>
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