Re: Preparing for V6R1

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ditto

Thanks,
Tommy Holden



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Me too...


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> I have to second that.
>
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> Subject: Preparing for V6R1
>
> As many know, and is openly published on IBM's web site, V6R1 will cause
> concerns with some vendor (and probably many in house) packages.  The
> general rule is that if you compiled to a target release prior to V5R1,
> and did not have observability, you WILL have issues.
>
> I am getting the impression that many vendors out there are not running
> ANZOBJCVN prior to them receiving V6R1.
> That they are waiting to recompile until they get V6R1 in.
> Now, I don't know if that is so that you can get a target release of 
V6R1
> and avoid the conversion upon first touch delays; or;
> if it is to avoid running ANZOBJCVN, and fixing the issue, until the 
last
> possible second that they have to.
>
> My question is:  Which would you rather have:  A vendor release targeted
> for V5R3 or V5R4 but passes ANZOBJCVN.  Or, a release that is compiled 
to
> a target release of V6R1?
> Personally, I'd rather have the V5R4 release passing ANZOBJCVN.  This
> would allow me to upgrade vendor packages prior to upgrading the OS and
> not have quite so many tasks to do all at once.
>
>
> COMMON Webcast - Free to COMMON Members
> Getting Ready for V6R1
>
> Speaker: Paul Godtland, IBM
>
> Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 11:00am to 12:00pm Central Time (12:00pm 
to
> 1:00pm Eastern Time)
>
> For i5/OS V6R1, all programs created for previous releases that use the
> i5/OS Machine Interface (MI) must be converted. IBM will explain the
> benefits of program conversion, and how you can use a free tool on V5R4 
or
> V5R3 to estimate conversion times and check whether you have any 
programs
> that cannot simply be converted.
>
> Learn more and register online at http://www.common.org/webcasts
>
>
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