RE: *TYPE2 Directory conversion and a V5R2 upgrade....

[Sue Baker <smbaker@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Graap, Ken wrote in gmane.comp.hardware.ibm.midrange at Thu 05
Jun 2003 05:36:01p: 

> On one hand I hear that upgrading to *TYPR2 directory entries
> in the IFS can be run on V5R1 or on V5R2 after installation or
> during the installation...
> 

Yes, you can convert at V5R1 or V5R2 and you do *not* have to do 
it as part of the upgrade to V5R2.

> Then I went to look at the V5R1 Information Center and it
> says: 
> 
> If you have V5R1, you can convert your V5R1 directories to the
> *TYPE2 directory format. It is recommended that you convert to
> the *TYPE2 directory format before installing a new release of
> OS/400. This is necessary because the directory conversion may
> automatically be done during the installation. The impact of
> an automatic conversion during install is that the time 
> required for the installation will be significantly increased.
> 

This is very poorly worded (and I'm not sure I can do a lot 
better).  How about ..... In a future release, IBM *may* decide 
to discontinue support of TYPE1 and you will be forced to convert 
during the release upgrade process (meaning the upgrade will take 
longer).  To avoid this extended outage, IBM recommends you 
perform the conversion at your earliest convenience.  

-- 
Sue
iSeries Advanced Technical Support
Rochester, MN