RE: LIC Upgrade

["Pete Massiello" <pmassiello-ml@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark,

	We aren't saying that Slip the LIC doesn't work.  We are saying that
WHEN you Slip the LIC you also have to slip parts of the OS.  I have done
this on V4R4, V4R5, V5R1, V5R2, V5R3, V5R4, V6R1, and V7R1.  Perhaps a very
more as well.  I just finished doing one this morning on V6R1M0 to V6R1M1.
	
	So, SLIPing the LIC works fine, you just have to do more than just
the 57xx-999.

	Pete

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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark S. Waterbury
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 9:47 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: LIC Upgrade

Hi, Rob and Pete:

IBM has always supported the method called "Slip-loading the LIC" as far 
back as I can remember.

Are you saying that this no longer works, and you had to re-load 
everything? :-o  In what versions and releases of i5/OS (or just "i") 
does this no longer seem to work?

Perhaps someone needs to open a PMR or DCR (or whatever) for this... :-/

Mark S. Waterbury

> rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hear hear Pete.  I tried this with just the LIC.  Then I had to download 
> the OS.  You know how long that adds to your downtime to wait for an OS 
> image copy to download?
>
>
> Rob Berendt
>