Re: Software Licensing for HA systems

[Patricia Garrity <patricia_grrty@xxxxxxxxx>]

You change the serial number within Dedicated Service
Tools.  However, there are implications of changing
it, especially if the system is partitioned, as it
"invalidates" your LPAR config - (on iSeries, haven't
tried it on i5).

Regards

Pat



--- Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> OK Al,  I'll bite...
> 
> How do you change a system's serial number?  I
> thought  that was an 
> "indelible" part of the hardware.
> 
> Or perhaps it is one of those "I could tell ya but
> I'd have to kill ya" 
> kind of questions.......
> 
> Pete Helgren
> 
> 
> Al Barsa wrote:
> 
> >The World Trade Center bombing (1993) had me
> recovering a firm that needed
> >to run payroll that weekend.  (The bombing occurred
> on Friday, February 26,
> >1993.)
> >
> >I was recovering the customer at a DR site, and
> their H/R vendor had no
> >method of getting me a software key over the
> weekend.
> >
> >So I changed the system serial number, and we ran
> payroll.
> >
> >IBM was really mad at me!
> >
> >Al
> >
> >Al Barsa, Jr.
> >Barsa Consulting Group, LLC
> >
> >400>390
> >
> >"i" comes before "p", "x" and "z"
> >e gads
> >
> >Our system's had more names than Elizabeth Taylor!
> >
> >914-251-1234
> >914-251-9406 fax
> >
> >http://www.barsaconsulting.com
> >http://www.taatool.com
> >http://www.as400connection.com
> >
> >
> >
> >                                                   
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> >Ron-Zimmerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>If the vendors can give us some assurance that we
> will be able to obtain
> >>the temporary key in a reasonable time frame, then
> that is the direction
> >>we will be going.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >    Of course, be sure to define "reasonable" and
> get it in writing.  If
> >your business is a 24 x 7 operation or works
> multiple shifts or etc.,
> >you want to be able to get that key at, say, 0300
> on Sunday.
> >
> >             * Jerry C. Adams
> >*iSeries Programmer/Analyst
> >B&W Wholesale Distributors, Inc.* *
> >voice
> >             615.995.7024
> >fax
> >             615.995.1201
> >email
> >             jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> >
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Patricia Garrity
Garrity Systems, Inc

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