Pete,
I think this was also the across the board general sentiment of all those
that had installed it by Nashville...
Emphasis on the "are YOU ready"...you need to be aware of the prequired
prep, etc...
Don in DC
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pete Massiello
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 7:03 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: 6.1 - is READY
I have done 7 upgrades so far on our machines and customer's machines, as
well as installed it fresh on some Power 6 machines, and also on a blade -
JS22.
It has been quite stable, we are currently running the latest Cumulative
PTFs, Hipers, and Database on these machines. These machines have various
software on them from package software, Domino (8.0.1), and home grown
applications.
The question is not is 6.1 ready, because from my experience it is most
definitely. The question is "Are you ready for 6.1?" That is the real
question. Have you run ANZOBJCVN and MADE SURE there were no issues? I
have run this at over 30 customers, and VERY FEW have passed!!! If you have
run this and not passed, you need to recompile your programs that failed and
call your vendors get your packages upgraded that failed (or perhaps the
same version just with creation data for the *PGMS). In fact, most home
written applications have not been problems, it's been the vendor packages
that I have seen causing all the problems. At one customer who was running
HTE (State/Local Govt and Police Department software) we were told HTE
wouldn't be ready for 6.1 until Aug 2009. That is poor performance from the
application vendor. At another customer, we actually found one object during
our analysis where the program was created in 1986, it had observability and
passed ANZOBJCNV.
Any OS upgrade requires planning, but 6.1 requires additional planning.
Now, I don't know if I would say it's ready for mass production roll-out,
but from what I have seen of 6.1 it has been solid.
Pete
Pete Massiello
iTech Solutions
http://www.itechsol.com
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ketzes, Larry
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 1:15 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: 6.1 - READY?
Good afternoon everybody, I would like to hear opinion on classifying the
latest I release, 6.1:
1) Stable, compatible, and ready for widespread production rollout.
2) Not quite there, but should be shortly.
3) Still beta, hang at 5.4 for a little while.
4) Problems, problems, problems.
Thanks, Larry
Larry Ketzes | Senior iSeries System Administrator | AIG / ALICO - American
Life Insurance Company
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