RE: Upgrade from 6.1 to 7.1

Evan,

When you are in the field you certainly see and learn things. I heard the same thing from people in Rochester, but it isn't supported. Therefore, I would prefer to move a customer to EE beforehand, because if on the off chance AnyNet doesn't work after the upgrade, then we have a problem. I don't want to have any problems after an upgrade. As you said, in most situations it will probably work, but on the off chance it doesn't I don't want to be in that situation, scrambling to implement EE.

I certainly wouldn't recommend that anyone stay on AnyNet. But people do a lot worse that is for sure. One more point. In the memo to users for IBM I VsomethingRnext there probably isn't going to be anything in there about AnyNet going away since it went away in 7.1. Now, what are those customers going to do that stayed with it, and don't see anything in the next release if it was totally removed?

Thanks,

Pete

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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Evan Harris
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 12:06 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Upgrade from 6.1 to 7.1

Hi Pete

Regarding Anynet on V7R1, it actually does work - we have at least two customers where it continued working after an upgrade.

By way of clarification, I happened to read an IBM document in just the last few days which listed it as "Still included in i 7.1, but no longer supported"; the document is an IBM Systems University Technical
- Budapest 3-6 May 2010 presentation in PDF format titled "p AD02 Upgrading from IBM 5.4 to IBM i 6.1 or IBM i 7.1" (sorry no URL)

Like you I thought it had been discontinued but the document above confirmed what we had already seen.

Nevertheless, we are ripping it out as we go anyway - it's bound to disappear at some stage.

On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Pete Massiello - ML <pmassiello-ml@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have upgraded many many systems from V6R1 to V7R1, and it is simple.  In fact Steve Will and I are doing a presentation (free webinar) on Tuesday Nov 29th on upgrading to both Power7 and IBM I 7.1.

I think the first thing you need to insure is that you have the latest i_BASE_01 CD, since this will have the latest Technology Refresh PTFs on it, and will make your upgrade quicker and easier.

I like image catalogues for both the PTFs afterwards and the upgrade images.

Make sure your firmware for the FSP is current.

ThIngs to look out for:

       Operation Direct Console, not supported on 7.1.  Upgrade to Operations LAN console first.
       Some older versions of Java aren't supported at 7.1 , make sure
you aren't using them
       There is no more AnyNet, so upgrade to Enterprise Extenders first.
       Problem if you are using 3995's
       If using Domno need to be running the right version, as some aren't supported.
       If using Websphere, can't be running V6, need to be atleast 6.1
       I believe MQ has some release dependencies as well, just don't remember off the top of my head.
       Make sure you read the memo to users so you know what has changed.
       Get the informational APARs, and download all the required PTFs before hand.

Those are a few off the top of my head.

       Pete

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Pete Massiello
iTech Solutions
http://www.itechsol.com


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From: midrange-l-bounces+pmassiello-ml=itechsol.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces+pmassiello-ml=itechsol.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Willie J. Moore
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 2:11 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Upgrade from 6.1 to 7.1

We are looking into upgrading our 6.1 operation system to 7.1. I would like to hear from anyone who has done this upgrade.
How did it go, what to look out for, etc.
Our system is a model E4B with HMC.
Thanks in advance,

William Moore
California Fine Wire, CO
805-489-5144

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Regards
Evan Harris
http://www.auctionitis.co.nz
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