Re: Upgrade to 6.1 or jump to 7.1 ?

[Jack Kingsley <iseriesflorida@xxxxxxxxx>]

Pete, your intital thread started with migrating all dasd and then jumping
into the OS upgrade etc.  Are you viewing this all as 1 downtime window to
do all of the work that your going to do.  I was just curious as to what
type of time allotments you have set aside to do all of this.  Do you have
another other systems in the mix or just this one system.  I would go to 6.1
then jump to 7.1.  Do you have Client Access etc.




On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 9:25 AM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Both of the following:
>
> Finding the latest PSP information
>
> http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v7r1m0/topic/rzahc/findinglatestpsp.htm
>
> Installing PTFs and analyzing your system for object conversions (V5R4 to
> IBM i 7.1 upgrade)
>
> http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v7r1m0/topic/rzahc/rzahcinstallingptfsforconversions.htm
>
> Which I found by opening the 7.1 Infocenter and expanding
> IBM i and related software
>  Installing, upgrading, or deleting IBM i and related software
>    Upgrading or replacing IBM i and related software
>      Preparing to upgrade or replace IBM i software
>
> HTH
>
> Rob Berendt
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>
> From:   Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To:     Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:   06/02/2010 09:33 PM
> Subject:        Re: Upgrade to 6.1 or jump to 7.1 ?
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>
>
>  Ok.  Sounds like the best approach is to go straight to 7.1. (My beta
> experience was positive as well so this seems pretty safe).
>
> Where do I find the suggested PTF's needed to go to 7.1 from V5R4M0?
> Does the memo to users cover that (6.1 and 7.1 I'd guess) or is there
> another way to go about it?  Looks like they are on cume 09321.
>
> Pete
>
>
> On 6/2/2010 3:44 PM, Jim Oberholtzer wrote:
>
> > I would not have any qualms about going straight to V7.  As Pete
> > Massiello indicated, most of the change was in the 6.1 upgrade anyway.
> > So far we have not had any issues with V7.
> >
> > Jim Oberholtzer
> > CEO/Chief Technical Architect
> > Agile Technology Architects, LLC
> >
> >
> > On 6/2/2010 1:52 PM, Scott Klement wrote:
> >
> > > *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(r)
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> > > Hi Jim,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Looking at it a slightly different way, why spend all the extra hours
> > > > doing two upgrades as opposed to one?
> > > Actually, that's EXACTLY how I _am_ looking at it.  I'm a very busy
> man,
> > > and sacrificing my weekend (if not two weekends) to do an upgrade is a
> > > very painful proposition for me.
> > >
> > > So if I can avoid doing it twice, I definitely want to.  But I'm
> worried
> > > about exactly what Tommy Holden refers to...  I can't afford for my
> > > applications to not work because I decided to be bleeding edge.
> > >
> > > So I guess more than anything, my question is whether I can expect to
> > > have major problems from the "new-ness" of 7.1.
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