RE: CISC to RISC Circa 2006 (was RE: V5R4 upgrade from V5R3)

A new i5 520 can't run V5R3 (The Power 5+ Models).

This makes the procedure a lot more complicated.
You can go through the V5R3M5 LIC (this one runs on the the Power 5+
machines).
I don't know if the 170 can run V5R3M5, but it can't run V5R4 for sure.

And for V5R3M5, you will need a 17GB load source, which the 170 probably
doesn't have.

If your customer has a clear documentation of their setup, a restore of
just the library and then reapplying the settings might be a lot easier.

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Subject: Re: CISC to RISC Circa 2006 (was RE: V5R4 upgrade from V5R3)

I agree.  And I agree with the multiple steps.  Maybe I worded something

wrong.  I guess I was concerned how you were going to get from V5R2 on
the 
170 to V5R4 on the 520.

Rob Berendt