Re: ACP Days-1 405 CD -- BPCS-L

From Al Macintyre

Thanks for prompt guidance from several people.

Roger

BMR 48509 has been zipped and is now in /ftp/as400/as400/v4005 as 
CBP48509C.zip

This BMR is an additional fix for payment date calculation problems in ACP500 
at 405 CD Rel 02.  If you do not have it, you might check OSG to find out 
what it is supposed to fix & if that is a problem you are at risk of.  I am 
attempting to get it via QIC tape because we are klutzes when it comes to 
getting downloads uploaded to our 400.

Our incident # is 1-01-746898

Genyphyr

Thanks for tipping me off to a useful OSG document.

The way I got to this (after a number of detours) was from the main entry
http://osg.ssax.com
home
client
case sensitive password
welcome
... down the left side at the bottom of PRODUCT SUPPORT
Technical Documentation

Well I tried various filters looking for BMR Change Document, which I found at
http://ogs.ssax.com/lvlone/bmrs/docs/bmrchang.doc

Our general practice with BMRs once we get them loaded to a 400 library & we 
like to have both object & source, but I do not know how SSA GT policies will 
shift on this, is.
Look at what is there, because sometimes it is not a simple matter of the 
program in the front of the library list - sometimes something has to be 
added to a message file for example.
Then we figure out how the BMR can be tested without updating our LIVE *LIBL 
because we have had BMRs in the past & also major collections called PTF-1 
for example whose implementation messed something up.
Then after our users have given the go ahead to implement, which in some 
cases they can do without any testing, I alter the LIVE *LIBL so that the BMR 
is in front of prior versions of the software being fixed.
If we have no further problems, then after 6 months or so, I move the BMR to 
a library which has a collection of BMRs that are ahead of the latest 
release, so as not to clog up our library list.
Periodically review disk space policies ... currently our BPCS software is 
taking up more disk space than our BPCS files & we do have several files with 
millions of records.
If & when we have modified the software involved, it is rather more 
complicated than this general procedure.

MacWheel99@aol.com (Alister Wm Macintyre) (Al Mac)
AS/400 Data Manager & Programmer for BPCS 405 CD Rel-02 mixed mode (twinax 
interactive & batch) @ http://www.cen-elec.com Central Industries of 
Indiana--->Quality manufacturer of wire harnesses and electrical 
sub-assemblies - fax # 812-424-6838

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