Re: v5r4 to v7 upgrade question -- MIDRANGE-L

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You are correct. 95% or more of the 'pain' in getting it 7.1 is already past when you get to 6.1.

For 7.1 Usually it's simply a matter of the vendor testing/certifying the release.

- Larry

On 3/14/2011 6:00 PM, Vern Hamberg wrote:

If the issue for a vendor is the program conversion issue, then you
couldn't go to 6.1 either, right?

Of course, there can be other things specific to 7.1 - but the object
conversion is the most obvious and is the same for 6.1 and for 7.1.

Vern

On 3/14/2011 4:37 PM, DrFranken wrote:

Absolutely. Only reasons to stop at IBM i 6.1 is if your hardware can't
go past it or your vendors aren't ready for 7.1 or you want to pay your
favorite IBM i Upgrade expert to do two upgrades instead of one.

I have done many of these and 7.1 is rock solid. The upgrades are very
smooth.

Go to 7.1 Go directly to 7.1 "Do not pass GO, do not collect $200." :-)

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

On 3/14/2011 5:09 PM, tim.dclinc wrote:

We are currently on v5r4 and thinking of skipping v6 and going right to 7.

Can the community give me some feedback if you are on v7.

Thanks..

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