Re: V4.4 to V4.5 Upgrade

["Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa2@xxxxxxx>]

At 10:52 AM 1/5/01 +1300, you wrote:

This is true with several dependances.  I am not familiar enough to detail 
them other than to say to our customers that we don't recommend it.

Al


>Al
>
>I understood that the firewall would continue to operate on a backlevel 
>basis. The documentation I have looked at so far indicates that the 
>firewall LPP will not be supported under V5R1 but will continue to operate 
>under V4R5 although it will not be enhanced.
>
>Is this a hardware dependency thing depending on what type of IPCS it runs 
>on or have I missed something in the docs ?
>
>I am facing exactly this issue in the next 4 to 6 weeks so your feedback 
>(or anyone else's) is greatly appreciated.
>
>regards
>Evan Harris
>
>>>Dear All
>>>We'll be planning the upgrade of OS400 from 4.4 to 4.5 soon as I think 
>>>I'm right in thinking IBM are pulling support in May 2001. Just wanted 
>>>to make sure there were no nasty gotchas to keep an eye open for ?
>>
>>There are only two things.  If you are running the firewall or the *M36 
>>environment, they are no longer supported.
>>
>>Al
>
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