V6R1 Cume at V5R4 - plan well ahead (Jeff Crosby)

["Salter, James" <JSalter@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the info Jeff.

You would think that someone would have already run across this.

Has anyone else experienced this issue?

I haven't ordered V6R1 as of yet, but I suspect that after I order it
that I will have another cume to order prior to the upgrade.

James Salter
Systems Programmer
American Cast Iron Pipe Company
phone (205) 325-3033
fax      (205) 307-3833
 
message: 6
date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 15:06:10 -0500
from: "Jeff Crosby" <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: V6R1 Cume at V5R4 - plan well ahead

All,

New thread because a new issue.

Those of you already on V6R1:  When you got the V6R1 cume prior to the
upgrade, did you get CD images or DVD images?

I've downloaded the DVD images twice.  I can do the ADDIMGCLGE, but not
the
LODIMGCLG when the DVD images are in there.  I get OPT1390:

Message . . . . :   Error with virtual volume image.
Cause . . . . . :   The image object specified for the virtual optical
volume is not a valid volume image or an error occurred when accessing
the
storage for the image object.  The virtual device used for the operation
was
OPTVRT01.


Support is now telling me this is expected.  DVD images are too large
for
image catalogs at V5R4 and thus cause this error.  They told me I would
be
fine once V6R1 was installed.  ARE THEY NUTS?  I am NOT installing V6R1
without having a known good copy of the V6R1 cume inhouse.

Plan ahead because:

1) If you order SF99610 via SNDPTFORD on a V5R4 system, they will
discard
the order _without notifying you_ because you, in effect, ordered CDs
and
V6R1 only ships on DVD.  (Hold that only ships on DVD thought).  I found
this out 2 weeks after placing the order when I called in to find out
where
it was.

2) If you order SF99610 via Fix Central, you will download DVD images
which
cannot be loaded/verified in image catalogs on a V5R4 system.  You can't
ask
to download CD images, per support.

3) Support can _mail_ you CD images of SF99610, however.  So much for
only
shipping on DVD.

4) Though I've waited 2 1/2 weeks, support cannot expedite the order, so
it
will be another 1 to 2 weeks.  Unless my support person can get special
dispensation.