Re: GO RESTORE, 21. System and user data

Has he been following one of the documented roadmaps for
upgrading to another system? Exact same config of hardware?
Same release?
curious
jim franz


----- Original Message -----
From: <rob@dekko.com>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: GO RESTORE, 21. System and user data


> Just to share, in case any of you are thinking of upgrading from one
> iSeries to another by using the
> Re: GO RESTORE, 21. System and user data
> method.
>
> Don't.
>
> It is now Thursday morning.  My boss has been offsite all week.  Stuff is
> still not working.  He is planning on doing the D IPL from tape and start
> from scratch.
>
> There are just too many things that you have in QSYS that are not
> restored.  For a sample, try imagining retyping everything from the
> printouts generated by PRTSYSINF, which, on my system, generated 225 spool
> files with numerous pages each.
>
> Rob Berendt
> --
> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
> Benjamin Franklin
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