Re: New i, iSeries, AS/400 Suggestions -- MIDRANGE-L

Rob,

I checked the other day. We are a MAPICS shop now rolled up into Infor with not much activity from support other than fixing the fixes that fixed the fixes to the fixes. Their current status since the v6r1 annouce is "looking at it". The programs in question are ones that I probably stripped the observability off of years ago when we were trying to save room on the small QIC tapes. Since these are the menu and security programs, low level stuff they have not been changed in years. Overall it would likely call for a product re-ship.

Given the other release issues due to changes in the OS and no real dedicated test resources or test scripts v6r1 would be problematic. Fortunately I do think v5r4 works with a few tweaks so that is the path we will take.

Thanks

Konrad

<rob-tksaTn4SAz0AvxtiuMwx3w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:<OF6CF73DC7.42B4405C-ON8525744B.005EA275-8525744B.005EC838@xxxxxxxxx>...

Konrad,

I did a little research at IBM to find out what assistance can be gotten
to help encourage your vendor to move to V6R1. Here's the response I
received:

<snip>
Hi!
We do a lot to make the ISVs aware of a new release and the value of the
new functions in the release (announce webcasts, websites, email and
telemarketing campaigns, WW education events, ...). We also work to make
sure the ISVs know there are IBM resources to help them (PartnerWorld,
roadmaps, IBM Innovation Centers, Virtual Loaner Program, ...). However,
the strongest motivation for the ISVs to move to a new release is the
demand from their own customer base. We've found that a customer
contacting their ISV directly is usually the most effective way to channel
the request. If they have a Sales rep to work with, they can also
help.

Here's a public website that they can use to check to see which ISV apps
have been registered as supporting V6R1 already. (Note that it is up to
the ISV to supply this information, so this is not a complete list.) -->
http://www-304.ibm.com/jct09002c/gsdod/homepage.do
</snip>

Rob Berendt
--
Group Dekko Services, LLC
Dept 01.073
Dock 108
6928N 400E
Kendallville, IN 46755
http://www.dekko.com

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New i, iSeries, AS/400 Suggestions

We are looking at replacing our nice IBM 270 with a new system. Our needs
are low end (relatively) and this will probably be our last IBM box but we
do want to maximize our HA and DR abilities without adding the complexity
of a CBU box and software. In short we need a good quick backup and
restore. We do have legacy printers, 3 twinax line printers and 2 IPDS IBM
4400 label printers. Pricing on the PSF/400 feature seems weird at the
P05 tier so the 4400's probably have to go but we are comfortable with
Zebra printers as a replacement. We would like to keep the twinax
printers if possible since they are workhorses with a fan base.

Currently it looks like the 515 is a better deal than the new M15 Power 6
machine. We can get a two processor 515 with 8 drives for not much more
than the single processor M15 with 6 drives. The 515 also allows us to
attach a LTO4 drive externally although I now see we can add an internal
LTO4 to the M15. Moving up on the Power 6 models explodes cost pretty
rapidly so the M15 appears to be the only practical choice in that area.
Unfortunately we have been told the last date to order the 515 is June
20th so we need to make a decision soon. Not sure why IBM is
discontinuing a machine that is far more appealing to the existing AS/400
base than the new models, both models are not very expandable but the M15
has some real limitations (the twinax issue).

Finally it appears that we need v5r4 since our software vendor is legacy
with vague plans on supporting v6r1.

Any suggestions or thoughts?

Thanks for any input!

Konrad

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