Re: V4R5 Frustration

["MDC Information Systems" <mdcis@xxxxxx>]

Thanks to all who have replied to above (from both lists), I'd like to make
a few responses to clarify our problems & your replies-

The roadmap is on the CD 'AS/400 Installation & Service Library V4R5' that
ships with the system. We were not aware of it before. It took 2 days to
find it, working back from the problems we encountered! I've no idea what's
different about V4R5. We move objects from V3R7 (our development box) to
V4R4 on a daily basis without difficulty. In fact we move objects from V3R2
via V3R7 to V4R4 regularily, being aware that we need source or
observability at the CISC to RISC conversion. Why do we need observability
going from 4.4 to 4.5?

I take the point about needing to go to 3.05 in the past but, if I recollect
correctly, that did NOT apply if you moved from a supported OS level to a
new box at a higher level rather than upgrading the same box (ie same serial
no.) Anyhow 24x7 wasn't a prob. then and I think it was via a PTF rather
than an OS upgrade.

BTW, IBM expect you to move you 'old' box BACK to 4.4 AFTER you save your
system to go to 4.5, see data migration on page 32 of the roadmap. They must
be joking!

I should have clarified that the libaries restore OK from tape using
*ALLUSR, it's just several thousand objects within them that don't (because
of lack of observability I think).

Could Stephen please give me a reference for his comment re needing 4.5 on
the 270?

Again thanks for the input,

Mike Dunnion
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