Re: Y2K (fwd)

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Al,

how about some details about what gets screwed up...  I've taken a 600 all
the way to 2007 and come back...no problems other than service
director...and this box has been back to current date for 3 months now
sans any problems....

Thanks....

Don in DC...


---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 16:53:59 -0700
From: "Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa2@ibm.net>
Reply-To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Y2K

At 03:50 PM 8/16/99 -0400, you wrote:
>We are going to set the dates on our development box CISC 3.2 and one of our
>production boxes RISC 4.2 to the year 2000 and beyond.  Has anyone had "any"
>experience in doing this?  Everything  I read says at the end of the test to
>scratch and reload.  Can we do this is in a controlled environment and not
>do the scratch reload?  Any advice and/or help will be appreciated.
>
You cannot do a gross backdating of an AS/400 without reloading.  Otherwise 
you will screw up the system.

Promise, been there, done that, bought the t-shirt.

Al




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