RE: Upgrade to 6.1 or jump to 7.1 ?

Scott;

I would go to 7.1, assuming there isn't a show stopper in the memo to users. In general the biggest problems we have after an OS upgrade is with SQL and/or communications, the worst was the V4R4 to V5R1 (???) which was buggy. IBM had re-written the OS and/or MI IIRC. Our biggest problems with the upgrade to 6.1 were with our communications to the mainframe. (DB2 to DB2) Both boxes were upgraded at the same time so pinning all the problems on 6.1 is not representative. The worst were fixed in short order, < 3 days.

Duane Christen


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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Klement
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 12:37 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Upgrade to 6.1 or jump to 7.1 ?

I've been pondering an upgrade from v5r4 myself.
Does it make sense to go to 6.1 at this point, or should I go straight to 7.1?

In my case, I'm not changing hardware at all, just updating the OS. I know I'll have to run ANZOBJCVN and all that good stuff -- no question about that.

What I want to know is whether skipping to 7.1 is a good idea right now, or should I be more conservative and go to 6.1?


On 6/2/2010 10:46 AM, Pete Helgren wrote:

I have a customer that I have scheduled for some maintenance. They are
moving from 35GB to 70GB drives and I'd like to move them to a more
current OS release. The question is: Should I skip 6.1 at this point
and just take them to 7.1? They are currently running V5R4M0. They
have a model 520, processor feature 7355. They have a 573D-001 storage
controller.

The plan is to do a Save 21 (twice). Remove and label the 35GB drives
(so they can be re-installed in the correct order if disaster strikes),
restore the Save 21 and then upgrade them to either 6.1 or 7.1.

What else do I need to add to the mix?

Thanks,

Pete