Re: Donwgrading a system from V4R5 to V4R2

[Chuck Lewis <clewis@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Man, sorry about THAT - I SURE don't envy you buddy !

Is this an issue with a 3rd party package or something ?

Seems like it must be pretty drastic to attempt something like this !

Chuck

"York, Albert" wrote:

> Actually, it is more than one system. There was a system save done before
> the upgrade but it may have been reused at some sites by now as the upgrade
> was done some time ago, so I can't count on it. Therefore, I need to develop
> a procedure without it.
>
> There have been no hardware changes.
>
> Albert
>
>         -----Original Message-----
>         From:   Chuck Lewis [SMTP:clewis@iquest.net]
>         Sent:   Tuesday, November 20, 2001 10:44 AM
>         To:     midrange-l@midrange.com
>         Subject:        Re: Donwgrading a system from V4R5 to V4R2
>
>         Albert,
>
>         Was this system (very) recently upgraded to V4R5 from V4r2 and if so
> was their a
>         full save done of this system before it was upgraded to V4R5 ?
>
>         Also, was there any kind of hardware swap or addition, etc. (drives,
> controller
>         cards, etc) during the upgrade ?
>
>         GOOD luck ! :-)
>
>         Chuck
>
>         "York, Albert" wrote:
>
>         > I need to downgrade an AS/400 from V4R5 to V4R2. It's not
> something I want
>         > to do but it has to be done.
>         >
>         > I can save the data libraries and folders to tape, specifying
> V4R2M0 as the
>         > target release and restore them without a problem. However, the
> RSTCFG and
>         > RSTSEC commands don't have that option. What's the best way to
> save and
>         > restore the configurations and user profiles? If necessary, I can
> change the
>         > password to a default one and set it to expired so the user has to
> change it
>         > when he first signs on.
>         >
>         > All suggestions are welcome.
>         >
>         > Thank you,
>         >
>         > Albert York
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