Re: Ordering software upgrade via ESS

[Jack Kingsley <iseriesflorida@xxxxxxxxx>]

Rob, what part of the upgrade are they looking to do(the key part).

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:28 AM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> You can order the latest software upgrade from ESS.  Which I did the other
> day.  Then I ordered the media and got it sent to me and it arrived very
> timely.  I was thinking "how cool is that?".  Then a coworker tried to get
> into PDM on a backup HA lpar and was told to get a new key.  I thought no
> problem, I just go into the key site.  Log in there and all I see now are
> 7.1 keys.  Oh oh.  So, before you upgrade to 7.1 make sure that you print
> out all your 6.1 keys.  Apparently IBM hasn't grasped the concept of
> running multiple releases on different lpars on the same box.  At least
> this part of IBM.
>
> Called my BP.  When she found out what I did there was much wailing and
> gnashing of teeth.  It was suggested that I let them upgrade me in the
> future to avoid this sort of issue.  She says there's errors with the
> upgrade site, especially early on in the process.  She'll work diligently
> to resolve this but let's just say I didn't make her morning.
>
>
> Rob Berendt
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