RE: Donwgrading a system from V4R5 to V4R2

["York, Albert" <albert.york@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I can't go into the reasons as they are confidential. You can be assured
that I recommended against it. However, the business reasons justify it in
this case.

Albert


        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Chuck Lewis [SMTP:clewis@iquest.net]
        Sent:   Tuesday, November 20, 2001 11:29 AM
        To:     midrange-l@midrange.com
        Subject:        Re: Donwgrading a system from V4R5 to V4R2

        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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