Re: Client Access V3* and OS V5R2

[Adam.Driver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Thanks Paul, that's what we'll do eventually (I will contact you offline
for details). The problem is the client is a financial services company
doing superannuation administration, and we do control some of their users,
however there is also access into these machines by the funds themselves,
with whom we have no direct support arrangement (a client of a client so to
speak). It will take a little while to negotiate getting these users
upgraded, even with a site CD like you suggest, and we want to install 825s
(and therefore V5R2)within the next couple of weeks. End of June is end of
financial year in Australia and these customers have massive end of year
processing, so that's our deadline.

Anyway, I was able to track down another client with a test V5R2 machine
and an old PC with Client Access V3R2 (at our helpdesk believe it or not,
you think they'd have the latest stuff!). Thankfully, it does sign on,
which is all I really needed to know. I know it won't do an SNA connection,
but the IBM documentation hinted (without saying directly) the version
wouldn't work at all with a V5R2 machine.

We'll still try and get these users upgraded as soon as possible, but at
least it won't prevent the 825 upgrade.

Thanks

Adam Driver
Technical Consultant
Kaz Computer Services
Level 7
66 Wentworth Ave
Sydney NSW 2010
Australia
Phone: +61 2 9844 0386
Fax: +61 2 9844 0333

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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 08:48:18 -0500
From: "Paul Nelson" <pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Client Access V3* and OS V5R2

If you're concerned about the effort of doing the upgrades, consider
creating a CD for each location that will upgrade and configure the clients
automatically. With the help of a friendly IBM'er, I was able to "build" a
CD that contained the script to perform the upgrade for a customer last
summer. They had a mix of V3R2, and various V4 clients at 10 different
locations. The CD had an autorun file that ran a .bat program asking if the
user was ready to proceed. By answering Y, the user was told to come back
in
about 10 minutes to find a V5 client. We sent out a CD to each branch
manager, with instructions to touch each machine in the branch at their
convenience. We upgraded almost 300 clients in one day.

Contact me off-line for details.

Paul Nelson
Arbor Solutions, Inc.
708-670-6978 Cell
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