Re: V7R1 with 5798-FAX

Pete,

Thanks, I will do the install of 5798-FAX V5R7 before the OS upgrade (duh!).

I found this page:

http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/slkbase.NSF/0/5e6906ff78dec9dc8625672a004ac41d?OpenDocument#_Section3

and expanded the Update section. I already have all the PTFs except for the
4 for V5R7 of 5798-FAX.

There's a boatload of steps. :) There are no hardware changes, just this
software. Will I really need to reconfigure with CFGFAXSRV afterward? I
assume so.


On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Pete Massiello
<pmassiello-ml@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

Jeff,

You definitely need Fax V5R7 for IBM i 7.1. You can optionally use
Fax V5R7 or FAX V5R2 on IBM i 6.1. There are a bunch of PTFs needed for
FAX
on both 6.1 and 7.1 that I would HIGHLY recommend you get for your machine.
There are some programs that won't convert to 6.1 (Re-encapsulate) unless
you have the PTFs which provide a few new copies of the programs with
observability/creation data.

IN addition, if you are converting from Power5 hardware to Power6/7
hardware you will need some of those PTFs for the modem support required by
FAX/400.

I have had absolutely no problems with Fax at any of the above
scenarios after getting all the PTFs.

Pete

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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff Crosby
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 7:52 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: V7R1 with 5798-FAX

All,

I'm getting ready to go to V7R1 and stumbled onto something yesterday.

I use 5798-FAX at V5R2. I'm signed up for various PTF emails from IBM. I
got one for "System i Recommended Fixes - IBM Facsimile Support for
iSeries"
that listed PTFs for 5798-FAX V5R2 and 5798-FAX V5R7. I didn't even know
there was a V5R7!

Anyway, the email says that 5798-FAX V5R7 is required for V7R1 of the OS.

Can anyone confirm or deny? There is no 5798-FAX period on the V7R1
install
DVDs (nor on the V6R1 install DVDs either, for that matter).

Thanks.



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