Re: ISeries 170 V4R5 Upgrade

[Al Mac Wheel <macwheel99@xxxxxxxxxx>]

You cannot do that thru IBM, because they cannot directly sell you a v#r# 
that is no longer sold or supported.
You can do it thru 3rd party places like www.servit.net

The maximum OS/400 supported by 170 is v5r3
Depending on your data & applications, if you wanted to continue upwards, 
you would then need to "port" your stuff from 170 to some other box, go up 
the V#rR# ladder but hey, there is no box now on the IBM market that 
supports both the topmost 170 supported V#R# and the bottom most currently 
supported combination.

So you copy your 170 stuff to some other box, upgrade V#R#, copy to some 
other box, upgrade V#R#, again, again, until you get to where you want to be.
This needs help from a Business Partner that is competent in this area, has 
access to the older machines path.

> hello,
>
> we have an older 170 v4r5 that we want to upgrade to v5r1 or later. Is 
> this still possible? I see on the IBM site support is gone for v4r5 and I 
> don't see anything on the IBM site for planning for this type of upgrade.
>
> thanks,
>
> george
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