Re: upgrade

[Portal39@xxxxxxx]

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Al.
 you are betting your business so early on V5R2.
Is this a business requirement (none test) or alpha/beta requirement


barsa@barsaconsulting.com writes:
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> Hi,
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> Of the eight systems, six reside on three physical LPARs.  If I explained
> why, I might be accused of making a commercial.
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> Al
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> Al Barsa, Jr.
> Barsa Consulting Group, LLC
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> 400>390
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> 914-251-1234
> 914-251-9406 fax
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> http://www.barsaconsulting.com
> http://www.taatool.com
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>                       Portal39@aol.com
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>                       idrange.com               Subject:  Re: upgrade
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>                       08/24/2002 09:17
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>                       midrange-l
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> You have more systems then most customers.
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> Be nice to hear the tale of how you are using them & why so many? ((
> without
> commercials))
> what is causing you not to use n-way LPAR systems?
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> barsa@barsaconsulting.com writes:
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> > At this point, of our 8 systems, only 1 is at V5R2, but we are in the
> midst
> > of upgrading all of our systems.  I anticipate having about 4 or 5 by
> > Thanksgiving.
> >
> > I am not saying that V5R2 is without bugs, and I am still haggling with
> IBM
> > about some stuff that I consider to be bugs, and stuff that they say is
> OK.
> > (It's not called "working as designed", but more like "working as
> coded".)
> > But V5R2 is probably the best RISC release I have ever seen.  Is it still
> > early, yes.  But it's good.  Probably waiting for the first post G/A cum
> is
> > a good strategy.
> >
> > Al
> >
> > Al Barsa, Jr.
> > Barsa Consulting Group, LLC
> >
> > I love V5R2.
> >
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