Re: Risc-to-Risc again

["Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa2@xxxxxxx>]

At 04:46 PM 01/08/2000 +0100, you wrote:


>Hi!
>
>Some questions came in mind regarding the V3R7->V4R4 + 400->720 transition.
>
>1. In the 1st step we upgrade to V4R3. Do we need a valid license key for this
>interim upgrade step? We do not have valid license for V4R3, only for V4R4.
>However, we'll upgrede to V4R4 before the grace period expires.


You have 71 days to do the next upgrade. Before that, life is good.  You 
will get nasty messages once per hour.


>2. Can I upgrade a lic. pgm. (other than OS/400) from a V3R7 backlevel copy to
>V4R4 directly? This way we could save the time needed to upgrade from V3R7 to
>V4R3.

You likely will encounter problems, but this depends from LPP to LPP.  I 
would recommend against it.  (BTW, LPPs like OfficeVision will definitely 
have problems. RPG would be safe.)  Attempting to use any LPP in an 
unsupported release will lead to problems.

>3. We want to save the system from a model 400 and restore it to a model 720.
>The serial numbers will match, but the load source will be different. I fear
>that we will need a system password - what are you thinking about that? By the
>way: when does the system asks for a system password?

It doesn't.  The upgrade instructions will prompt you to execute the Add 
Licence Key (ADDLICKEY) command.


>4. Are there any security changes (ie. blocked interfaces) that could 
>prevet the
>apps running correctly?
As long as you haven't changed the system value QSECURITY, the answer is 
no.  Note that you cannot change QSECURITY to 10 as of V4R3.  (Thank God)

Al




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