RE: Restoring a V5R1 machine back to V4R4

"Some buy in pints, some buy in quarts, but when you buy sherry you're doin'
things smart." -- Sticks McGhee (ENIAC Configuration Manual)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Beebe, Linda [mailto:lbeebe@dlis.dla.mil]
> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 9:57 AM
> To: 'midrange-l@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: Restoring a V5R1 machine back to V4R4
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> thanks, Also I am guess I will buy gallons not just fifths.........
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rob@dekko.com [mailto:rob@dekko.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 12:30 PM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: Restoring a V5R1 machine back to V4R4
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> Do a complete option 21 save of your V5R1 machine.
>
> Then save all of your volatile data again.  This time with a
> target release
> of V4R4.  Fix anything that didn't save because it wasn't
> compiled down to
> that level and save them or redo this last save.
>
> Then following the Backup and Recovery guide for a system
> which has lost
> it's load source disk.  Use your last save from when you were
> at V4R4 to
> restore.
>
> You will lose the contents of data queues and output queues.
> If you have
> SNADS you could do a SNDNETSPLF to a dummy user on the
> current V4R4 machine
> to store the spool files.  Then send them back once you are
> restored.  If
> you use *ALLDATA instead of *RECDTA on the SNDNETSPLF you
> should only lose
> the job name, user, number.
>
> May I recommend alcohol?
>
> Rob Berendt