RE: Upgrade to 6.1 or jump to 7.1 ?

["Pete Massiello" <pmassiello-ml@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Scott,

	The difficulty is upgrading to 6.1 due to program re-encapsulation.
That is where people are having problems with their programs not having
either creation data or observability, so they can't re-encapsulate their
programs.  At this point, I would skip 6.1 and go to 7.1.  Remember that
when skipping a release, everyone should read and understand the memo to
users for the release they are skipping.     

	Pete

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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Klement
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 1:37 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Upgrade to 6.1 or jump to 7.1 ?

I've been pondering an upgrade from v5r4 myself.
Does it make sense to go to 6.1 at this point, or should I go straight 
to 7.1?

In my case, I'm not changing hardware at all, just updating the OS.  I 
know I'll have to run ANZOBJCVN and all that good stuff -- no question 
about that.

What I want to know is whether skipping to 7.1 is a good idea right now, 
or should I be more conservative and go to 6.1?


On 6/2/2010 10:46 AM, Pete Helgren wrote:
> I have a customer that I have scheduled for some maintenance.  They are
> moving from 35GB to 70GB drives and I'd like to move them to a more
> current OS release.  The question is: Should I skip 6.1 at this point
> and just take them to 7.1?  They are currently running V5R4M0.  They
> have a model 520, processor feature 7355. They have a 573D-001 storage
> controller.
>
> The plan is to do a Save 21 (twice).  Remove and label the 35GB drives
> (so they can be re-installed in the correct order if disaster strikes),
> restore the Save 21 and then upgrade them to either 6.1 or 7.1.
>
> What else do I need to add to the mix?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pete