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Reponses inline: ----- Original Message ----- From: <barsa@barsaconsulting.com> To: <midrange-l@midrange.com> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 11:52 AM Subject: Re: Are you risking termination of software support if you install OV /400 over V5R1? > > My information about OV/400 is as follows: > > 1). When you install V5R1, OV gets automatically deleted if it's installed > already. This is true. > 2). OV/400 will not "install" on a V5R1 system with RSTLICPGM. OV/400 will install with a RSTLICPGM if you have previously saved it with SAVLICPGM. You will first have to turn off Signature Checking to get it to install. > 3). You could theoretically do a SAVOBJ/SAVLIB of the necessary parts of > the system so that you could do a restore afterwards. The OV/400 product > would not be known to the system as a licensed program at that point. OV/400 shows up on the Licensed Programs list when you install it as shown above. > 4). Some of the underlying APIs that are necessary to support OV/400 no > longer work or are supported. Many APIs do still work (calendaring is a notable exception!). However, there's no guarantee that the very next PTF you put on your system won't disable them. It's not a risk worth taking for any type of mission critical application. > 5). I do not think that it is reasonable for IBM to pull software support > because you pave a particular piece of software installed. > I totally agree. What kind of knucklehead voids an automobile warranty just because you hung a pair of fuzzy dice from the rearview mirror? GEEZ! > Al > > Al Barsa, Jr. > Barsa Consulting Group, LLC > > 400>390 > > 914-251-1234 > 914-251-9406 fax > > http://www.barsaconsulting.com > http://www.taatool.com > > > > > > > "Horan, Patrice" > <PHoran@friedmancor To: "'midrange-l@midrange.com'" <midrange-l@midrange.com> > p.com> cc: > Sent by: Subject: Are you risking termination of software support if you > midrange-l-admin@mi install OV /400 over V5R1? > drange.com > > > 11/29/01 11:43 AM > Please respond to > midrange-l > > > > > > > One of our clients plans to upgrade to V5R1 and install OV/400 over it. > > Comtech told this client that one of their customers had installed OV/400 > over V5R1. The customer contacted IBM software support about V5R1 problems. > IBM asked if they had installed OV/400. The customer said yes, and IBM > immediately terminated their software support. > > > I thought installing OV400 "at your own risk" meant that if you had > problems, you couldn't expect IBM to help fix them. I would have expected > IBM to tell the customer to call back if the problems still existed after > removing OV/400. > > > So exactly what is at risk should they install OV/400 over V5R1? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. > >
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