RE: V6R1

Personally I spend at least a week planning release upgrades.

A whole week? You work way too hard. :-)

Regards,

Scott Ingvaldson
Senior IBM Support Specialist
Fiserv Midwest


-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry Adams [mailto:jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 11:23 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: V6R1

Well, I think the term "out of control operator" is a bit much.
Conjures up images of Peter Lorre.

What I have heard of are shops that didn't spend the appropriate time
planning, such as not reading the Memo to Users or missing a necessary
point. While they may be in the minority, not everyone subscribes to
this list, attends COMMON conferences, or goes to IBM announcements
meetings.

Personally I spend at least a week planning release upgrades. Plus I
have a backup system on which I can test both the plan and the result.
Even then, mistakes can happen (not that I've ever made one, you
understand; just "supposing").

I've even heard of organizations where the Windows sys admin (their
primary job) doubled as the System i admin. Even for an experienced
System i admin, this release doesn't sound like a walk in the park.

Also sounds like Al is justified in his cautionary tone.

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Paul E. Fenstermacher wrote:

I would love to hear of ANY company where "an out of control operator

can just decide to install this release some weekend.....". I have
trouble believing that this would ever happen.

Paul Fenstermacher
Certified Specialist - i5 System Administration Bass Pro Shops