Re: Upgrade to 6.1 or jump to 7.1 ?

Hi ,

Anynet is not supported over IBM i V.7. Here is the note from Memo to user
for V7

*

AnyNet no longer supported
*

Starting in i 7.1, AnyNet® (a method used to run SNA communications traffic
over IP) is no longer

supported. Users of AnyNet are encouraged to migrate to Enterprise Extenders
as a replacement. For

information about migrating to Enterprise Extenders from AnyNet, see the
Migrating from AnyNet to

Enterprise Extender topic in the IBM i Information Center.
Regard
Rameez

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Luis Rodriguez <luisro58@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

As I see it, the latest IBM i releases have been quite stable so, if there
is not other pressing business concerns (compatibility issues, needed
features (like AnyNet), programming changes, etc), Why don't go for the
latest?

Regards,

Luis Rodriguez
IBM Certified Systems Expert — eServer i5 iSeries


On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Scott Klement
<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> 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

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