Update: Y2K BMR Source problems for 6.1.00

Folks,

Well, they're not participating like IBM does on the other midrange.com 
forums, but at least they're listening now!  Thank you to whomever at 
ssax.com forwarded the message to the proper authorities.  I received the 
following yesterday as a "bounce"...

Regards!

Dean Asmussen
BPCS-L List Administrator

In a message dated 12/20/99 1:04:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
owner-bpcs-l@midrange.com writes:

> BOUNCE:  Non-member submission from gnovak@ssax.com
> From: "Genyphyr Novak" <gnovak@ssax.com>
>  To: <BPCS-L@midrange.com>
>  Subject: Re: Y2K BMR Source problems for 6.1.00 - resolved by SSA
>  Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 11:45:05 -0600
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>  Hello,
>  
>  The root cause of this problem was identified at SSA and resolved this AM.
>  Future builds should not require this workaround, and in the meantime, this
>  workaround is the correct process to get around the problem. Sorry for any
>  difficulties this has caused in loading 6.1.00 Action Diagrams into ADK.
>  
>  Thank you,
>  
>  Genyphyr Novak
>  SSA
>  
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: DAsmussen@aol.com <DAsmussen@aol.com>
>  To: bpcs-l@midrange.com <bpcs-l@midrange.com>
>  Date: Thursday, December 16, 1999 3:36 PM
>  Subject: Y2K BMR Source problems for 6.1.00
>  
>  
>  >Hey Folks,
>  >
>  >I meant to post this a few weeks ago when I last ordered Y2K BMR's for 
6.1.00
>  >BPCS using 6.1.00 ADK, but got busy and forgot.  I just discovered that 
there
>  >are 15 _MORE_ Y2K BMR's for 6.1 since my November 15th shipment, and it
>  >reminded me to post this.  The problem may be fixed now, I'll let you know
>  >when my shipment arrives...
>  >
>  >If you're loading Y2K BMR source into ADK on the AS/400, you'll probably 
get
>  >a message stating that "Release (blank) invalid:  Cannot restore from 
later
>  >release."  This is a bug in the way the BMR source was created and, to my
>  >knowledge (dated to an 11/15/99 shipment), SSA has not yet fixed their
>  >distribution programs for it.  The way to fix this is to use DBU or DFU to
>  >edit file SVO in the ASSETSAVE library, and change field SVVERS (that's 
two
>  >"V"'s, third from the end of the record) to read "V6.10" without the 
quotes.
>  >BMR source should then restore correctly using AS/Set save/restore 
functions.
>  >
>  >This was a problem for me in both October and November at two different
>  >accounts with two different sets of Y2K BMR's, one full client, the latter
>  >mixed mode.  Hope this helps...
>  >
>  >Happy Holidays!
>  >
>  >Dean Asmussen
>  >Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
>  >Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
>  >E-mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com
>  >
>  >"It's a funny thing about life:  If you refuse to accept anything but the
>  >best, you very often get it." -- W. Somerset Maugham