RE: v5r2 license expiration

midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>  12. RE: v5r2 license expiration (Walden H. Leverich III)
>
>I thought 04 was the lamp test. At any rate try changing the IPL source to
>'D' on the front panel, and then IPL, that should IPL from CD. I don't know
>however if that will allow you to reinstall and avoid the 70-day window.
>Part of me says yes it will, afterall not too many people are willing to
>scratch install their machines every 70 days, and part of me says it won't
>since that would avoid the whole licensing check. At worst you should be
>able to recover from the tape backup of V5R1 -- you do have a backup, no?

There are two related issues. First is the restoring of a version of OS/400 
where license keys are available. I'd suspect that would work. Second is the 
reinstallation of an unlicensed version after expiration due to missing license 
keys.

Has anbody on this list ever actually reinstalled an unlicensed version 
successfully? If so, when did it happen and can you remember what model the 
system was?

I've long had the feeling that this wouldn't work on the systems I've been 
responsible for in the past because the control panel itself was somehow 
involved. That is, even if you initialized DASD and reinstalled, you would 
still need a license key to continue during IPL because a register in the 
control panel was perhaps changed from '0' to '1'. It just seems a memory from 
sometime years ago keeps nagging at me. Maybe it depends on model.

Even so, with creative ASPs and IASPs (or whatever they're now called; probably 
eServer iAsps for iWebSphere), maybe it's near feasible for some systems.

Tom Liotta
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19426 68th Avenue South
Kent, WA 98032
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