RE: v5r1 license key

[Evan Harris <spanner@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Tom

If you elect to do a scratch and reload every 70 days you will have to
recover your data after rebuilding the OS.

Attempting to do an alt-IPL from a system save will not work as the system
will recognize that it has expired.

If you use the save to rebuild your system after reloading internal
licensed code and licensed programs from the CD's then you are home free -
for another 70 days.

That, at least, is my experience.

Regards
Evan Harris

>I don't recall anyone posting to say that this definitely works. Even then,=
>  perhaps depending on the model or DASD configuration, I'm not sure it can =
>be relied upon to work. I'm almost certain I recall an attempt on one syste=
>m (a model 400, IIRC) to get this to work and it remembered that the licens=
>e had already expired. My impression was that it was tied into the control =
>panel or perhaps particular tracks on the load-source drive or some similar=
>  mechanism. Never really had a need to remember for certain.
>
>I'd be very interested in somebody who could say they'd done this successfu=
>lly themselves and tell what model and VRM of OS/400. Likewise, comments fr=
>om anyone it's failed for would be interesting. Post from an anonymous serv=
>ice if you're worried about going public.
>
>Tom Liotta
>
>midrange-l-request@midrange.com wrote:
>
> >From: "Metz, Zak" <Zak_Metz@G1.com>
> >Subject: RE: v5r1 license key
> >
> >Or I'm not running a business...but that's the point IBM seems to be
> >missing, too.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Al Barsa
> >
> >Clearly, the IBM licensing system assumes that you are unwilling to scratch
> >your system every 70 days.  This is a hole.  If you have enough free time
> >and risk tolerance to scratch your system every 70 days, you either have
> >much to much free time on your hands; or are in the wrong business.
>
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