RE: Forklift upgrade effect on communications?

Your potential areas for concern in the bi-sync, SNA world in your 
migration are limited to just a few possibilities
- Didn't buy enough comm cards
- Resource names don't match up (as previously mentioned)
- ptf's are out of whack, but that shouldn't be a problem with your 
restore
- comm port doesn't support bi-sync.
- bi-sync software regens the line for a file containing the old resource 
names
Other than those, it should be smooth sailing.  Perhaps that should be 
your area of study.

Rob Berendt
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-Ming the Merciless (Flash Gordon)




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Rob,

Thanks for the reply.  Actually, the hardware vendor (MAPSYS) is going to 
do
the actual move.  But I have done this myself in the past by, as you
suggest, following the Backup/restore procedures very carefully during a
move from a model 400 to a 270.

But as I said, at this new company.  They do a lot more dial up than I'm
used to.

So what I'm looking for is enough info to give myself that good-feeling 
that
things aren't going to be problems ;-)

Just waiting to see if anything blows up is not really an option for us.

Charles


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> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 11:22 AM
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> First and foremost the backup and recovery guide actually has 
> a checklist 
> for doing exactly what you want to do.  I don't mean the 
> checklist for a 
> complete restore.  I mean the one for moving to a new system. 
>  Follow it 
> very carefully.
> 
> In theory you should be able to complete the restore, do a 
> WRKHDWRSC *CMN 
> and a WRKLIND and match up the new resource names.  However, 
> if you are 
> using some sort of EDI package that regen's the line on a 
> regular basis 
> you might have to step through their menu's and change the 
> resource names 
> there also.
> 
> As far as bi-sync and SNA go, I wouldn't waste your time 
> trying to learn 
> them.  They're good for what they do, but the world is moving 
> on.  You 
> should be able to support the existing by limping along.  If 
> time were 
> unlimited, I would say, sure learn it.  However your time 
> would be better 
> served by learning something else.  Your company would 
> probably be better 
> served by just calling your EDI software vendor, or IBM on 
> your support 
> contract, if some existing process blows up.
> 
> Now I expect the SNA fans to come screaming.  And if you 
> still insist on 
> learning, then perhaps they can be of assistance.
> 
> Rob Berendt
> -- 
> "All creatures will make merry... under pain of death."
> -Ming the Merciless (Flash Gordon)
> 
> 
> 
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> All,
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> We're getting ready to replace our current 830 with a new 810.
> 
> Planning on a save/restore to new system.  We'll be keeping 
> the system 
> name
> the same but of course will have a new serial number.  We do a 
> considerable
> amount of dial-up comms using bi-sync and SNA protocols.  Is there 
> anything
> to be concerned about as far as communions, system directory, and/or
> anything else?
> 
> As an aside, I'm new here and one thing I'm lacking is experience with
> bi-sync and SNA comms.  My last position was new to the 400 
> so we were 
> using
> TCP/IP for just about everything.  Can anybody recommend 
> books, links, ect
> to help get me up to speed?
> 
> Thanks,
> Charles Wilt
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