Re: Upgrade to a 270 -- MIDRANGE-L

Art,
You will recollect that I had a lot of trouble with our new 270 some weeks
back. Now that we are happily up and running here is my advice (for what
it's worth) based on first hand experience-

MDC's Motorway Map (sorry, interstate to most you guys)
1. Ignore IBM Roadmap, (IMHO it's the worst manual IBM ever shipped with a
new box)
2. Do NOT restore SAVSYS or any SAVLIB *NONSYS libaries or objects or
authorities
    (Al is right, you will screw up QUSERSYS, we had to do a scratch install
to recover)
3. Install any 3rd party (or your own) software from the source tapes/CDs
4. Restore user data libaries as normal
5. Restore any required directories individually to the IFS
6. Setup user profiles and manually grant any authority needed
7. Configure comms., TCP etc., start subsystems and off you go!
8. Rewrite & re test your disaster recovery procedures (only applies to a
mixed level OS envirnoment)

Above works fine from any RISC OS level when you don't have hundreds of
usersl. The old box can be left RUNNING during it all,  i.e. NO OS upgrade
needed.
Good luck,

Mike Dunnion

-----Original Message-----
From: Art Tostaine, Jr. <art@link400.com>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: 06 September 2000 23:00
Subject: RE: Upgrade to a 270


>I'm going to do what you did.  I'll save some steps because we have a CLP
to
>create/recreate the system values, subsystems, etc.  I've got the thing
>powered up and working.  I'm going to restore our libraries soon.
>
>Art Tostaine, Jr.
>CCA, Inc.
>Jackson, NJ 08527
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
>[mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Chris Bipes
>Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 4:33 PM
>To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
>Subject: RE: Upgrade to a 270
>
>
>I did not upgrade but Installed a new AS400 by first added the necessary
>user profiles manually.  Then creating the subsystems manually.  The job
>queues, out queues... This took lots of time.  Then I restored our
>application libraries and data libraries.  I had to configure the whole
>system from scratch, what a PAIN.  But I replaced a CISC 3.2 system with a
>4.4 RISC system without going to 4.3 first.  The 170 came with 4.4 and we
>did not have 4.3.  This was a new box not an upgrade even though we
replaced
>the CICS with it.  So if you are not upgrading, you can install/restore
your
>user applications to the 270 and there is NO road map for this.  Lots of
>work! Very clean install ;>)
>
>Christopher K. Bipes mailto:ChrisB@Cross-Check.com
>Sr. Programmer/Analyst mailto:Chris_Bipes@Yahoo.com
>CrossCheck, Inc.    http://www.cross-check.com
>6119 State Farm Drive Phone: 707 586-0551 x 1102
>Rohnert Park CA  94928 Fax: 707 586-1884
>
>If consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, only geniuses work here.
>Karen Herbelin - Readers Digest 3/2000
>
>
>This is crazy!  I've ordered a brand new 270.  I don't want to migrate
>anything over EXCEPT my user program and data libraries.  Why do I have
>to
>go through a 100 page roadmap and 270 page software installation guide?
>
>I should just be able to turn on the 270, and do RSTLIB's.  Why is this
>process so difficult?  My source 400 is on V4R4.   Why can't a 270 that
>has
>V4R5 just restore previous libraries?
>
>If I want to restore a customers tape from V4R2, I can't?!?
>
>There has got to be support for restoring customer data from previous
>releases in V4R5!
>
>Art Tostaine, Jr.
>CCA, Inc.
>Jackson, NJ 08527
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