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  3. July 2003

Re: v5r2 license expiration

Tom,

>I've long had the feeling ... the control panel itself was somehow involved. 

I've heard the control panel is involved in the system license key, and that a
scratch and reload of the DASD would not resolve that issue.  However, the
system license key is (I believe) intended to detect hardware changes like a
processor upgrade, or potential ownership changes such as being powered off for
too many consecutive days then being restarted.

I'd anticipate that a reload of a different OS release would not trigger a new
system password -- or at least it doesn't seem to on a OS upgrade.  It should
require software license keys, but then they have those for that hardware serial
number anyway.

I have no experience with it, but my SWAG is that it would be OK if they can
reload V5R1.  I'd love to hear the outcome though...

Doug

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