Re: BPCS 5.01.01 AS/400 V5R1

[MacWheel99@xxxxxxx]

John

> This site is running BPCS 5.01.01 and is upgrading the AS/400 OS to
>  V5R1..... any issues??  Problems???  Gotcha's???

The first issue you need to be alert to is that version of BPCS is outside of
standard tech support & has been since before Y2K, so it is important to know
what Y2K solution used & check with the vendor of that.  BPCS 5 point
anything, out of the box, was not Y2K compliant.

You might also check with your client to see what outfit they use for
standard BPCS tech support.

Past posts here have mentioned a number of 3rd party BPCS support
organizations that serve the market of BPCS customers that are on version 5
point something.

Second topic is that IBM & SSA in concert maintain a set of reccommended PTFs
to go with each version of OS/400 to optimize BPCS performance.  I not have
the URL handy ... it has been in the archives of this discussion group.
Basically it does not matter what version BPCS you have or what version
OS/400 you going to, there are some PTFs you will need from IBM.  You will
have to take that with a grain of salt because IBM & SSA is keeping this
information current for the official versions of BPCS.  Those that were
dropped from SSA support years ago - they may have additional or different
concerns.

The post here from Genyphyr Novak gave better directions than I to this APAR.

If this whole subject is new to you, there might be value to you in knowing
about IBM's Redbook for BPCS Performance ... Chapter 6 I believe has some
info on migrating from Version 405 CD to Version 6.1 & you are in the middle
of that perspective.  http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg245410.html

MacWheel99@aol.com (Alister Wm Macintyre) (Al Mac)