Fwd: Re: Ownership won't agree to an upgrade

[Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry Paul, I meant to send to the group and not privately. (Thunderbird 
getting me again)

You might want to be really sure that anyone that says they can support 
IBM i without a direct SWMA agreement can really do it. Every agreement 
I've looked at with IBM does not allow you to provide PTFs to a third 
party.  They might be able to, but to avoid unpleasant situations, I'd 
make them prove it.

That's why I always order every customer's PTFs with their machine 
type/serial number.  That way I'm assured I'm not distributing PTFs out 
of agreement.  I rarely download them since I already have the image 
catalogs on my laptop ready to go, but the order proves they can have them.

Newer used hardware with a transferred license and and up to date SWMA 
agreement would be the way to go, but the hassle getting there is going 
to be interesting.   It almost sounds like a 4way P7 would do it, 
dropping the SWMA to a P05 to boot.

--
Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects

On 9/6/2017 7:01 PM, Steinmetz, Paul wrote:
> Bob,
>
> There are IBM BP out there that offer 3rd party support.
> There is also used hardware, P7, P8.
> The i5/OS license transfer will always be there, could be significant depending on the number of i5/OS licenses you own.
>
> Paul
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob Cagle
> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2017 6:24 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Ownership won't agree to an upgrade
>
> So just had a long meeting with my boss, the owner, about what to do about our System i 520 running 7.1.  The machine was bought in 2006.  It cannot be upgraded past 7.1, which we all know will be dropped from support as of April 2018.  The hardware will be dropped in Jan 2019.
>
> I provided several scenarios, but my final recommendation was to go with a hosted IBM i provider.  But, that brings up other costs, specifically license transfer fees of current software.  And the boss doesn't want to spend any money.
>
> He has asked me to research 3rd party support to see if we can utilize that beyond April 2018 so we can just keep the machine we currently have.
>
> Does anyone know of any 3rd party support providers for IBM i?
>
> What about a good used hardware vendor?  Maybe I can convince him to upgrade to last year's model.
>
> Or a good recruiter?
>
> Thanks
>
> Bob Cagle
> IT Manager
> Lynk
>
>
>
>
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