RE: V3R1 to V4R2

Step 4 should come first !    :-)




Neil Palmer                                AS/400~~~~~      
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don [SMTP:dr2@access.digex.net]
> Sent: Monday, February 23, 1998 9:35 PM
> To:   Neil Palmer
> Cc:   'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Subject:      RE: V3R1 to V4R2
> 
> 
> 
> Uh, Neil, last I checked you could migrate from any release to V4R2...
> 
> Step 1.  SAVLIB....
> Step 2.   RSTLIB....
> Step 3.  Fireup Chessmaster 5500 on Laptop, cuz it's the only thing
>       available...
> Step 4.  Order more DASD and a faster tape drive
> 
> Too good to pass up that one....:)
> 
> :)  ( I can see the flame mail now...:)
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 23 Feb 1998, Neil Palmer wrote:
> 
> > With all due respect to Al, I believe he meant to say "The only
> > supported path to V4R2 is currently from V3R2. ".
> > 
> > :-)
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Neil Palmer                                AS/400~~~~~      
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> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From:     Al Barsa, Jr. [SMTP:barsa2@ibm.net]
> > > Sent:     Saturday, February 21, 1998 2:08 PM
> > > To:       MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > > Subject:  Re: V3R1 to V4R2
> > > 
> > > At 09:12 AM 2/19/98 -0500, you wrote:
> > > >Does anyone know if you can go from V3R1 to V4R2 when upgrading?
> I
> > > have
> > > >found that going from V3R1 to V4R1 is supported, but I'm afraid
> to
> > > assume
> > > >anything. 
> > > 
> > > The only supported path to V4R2 is currently from V2R3.  IBM
> announced
> > > a
> > > new program called 'e-jump' (I can't understand what the name
> means,
> > > but
> > > this is the year that everything good has to have an 'e' in it,
> > > right?),
> > > which will allow you to go from V2R3 to V4R2, to be available in
> June.
> > > (I
> > > don't think I'd be the first on the block...)  Not enhancing
> e-jump to
> > > support V3R0M5 and V3R1 would be sending the message that buying
> V3
> > > was a
> > > poor investment.  They may be thick headed sometimes (I would
> never
> > > use the
> > > word stupid when referring to IBM.), but they are not brain dead.
> > > BTW, the
> > > primary reason for putting out e-jump first on V2R3 is that's
> where
> > > most of
> > > the existing CISC users are, so that's where the money is.
> > > 
> > > Al
> > > 
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