Re: Applying TR5

Are the days of old gone now with TR refreshes. I thought long ago TR's
were for those sites contemplating upgrading hardware where you might have
a mix'n'match of things that would require you to do this on your current
system to prep you for migrating to a new one. I know there are other
reasons but wanted to find out how bleeding edge you should be by putting
on TR5. I have put TR4 on on a couple of systems and never got that all
rolled out as of yet. The dual IPL was problem, is this still the case
even for TR5.

On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 7:30 AM, Jim Oberholtzer <
midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Unless you have software maintenance on the system you are downloading
fixes for, you are not entitled to the PTFs. When you think about it,
it makes sense. Why would IBM support boxes that are not under
maintenance? IBM does not do anything specific to stop you from
applying PTFs on a system that does not have support but that does not
mean your entitled to them.

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


On 10/30/2012 8:38 PM, Roberto José Etcheverry Romero wrote:

I'm not sure if you arent supposed to download PTFs without a
contract, but i do know that installation media and the like are
beyond a "let's check you are entitled to this first" wall. PTFs on
the other side are as simple as going to fixcentral and asking for
them.

Best Regards,


On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 9:49 PM, Joe Pluta<lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

wrote:

Thanks, Rob. that's a good idea but this machine has been off
maintenance for some time now; I doubt I can download any PTFs for

it.

Joe

Hey Joe,

I did upgrade our 270 to V5R4M5. That allowed me to do an

unload/reload

to a Power 6. You may want to consider that before V5R4 support

dies in

September.


Rob Berendt

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