RE: 7.1 upgrade media - two sets of I-Base and B_Group discs

["Bob Cagle" <bcagle@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, that is what my I_BASE_01 disc shows.  But I have 2 of them in the
same order and they both show the same thing?

Thanks
Bob


> From: Jim Essinger
> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 4:19 PM
>
> Bob,
>
> I am going through the same thing.  I have an original order of 7.1
media, and a respin of the the same thing.  I have always seen duplicate
disks from IBM, usually I get double of >everything.
> Does your I_BASE_01  disk show the following?:
>
> IBM i
> 5770SS1 R01M00
> Licensed Machine Code RS 710-F
> I_BASE_01
>
> The first set of disks I have the 710-B version, I believe this refers
to the ReSave of 7.1 with the technology refresh already applied.  I
believe that version F is the latest.  At least that is >what was sent
when I asked my VAR to order the ReSave of the install disks.
> HTH
>
> Jim

On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Bob Cagle <bcagle@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > I am preparing for our 7.1 upgrade and going through the discs that I

> > received at the end of November, and I have what appears to be two 
> > sets of the same thing:
> >
> > The first set has:
> >
> > I_Base_01
> >
> > B_Group_01 thru 05
> >
> >
> > And the second set:
> >
> > I_Base_01
> >
> > B_Group_01 thru 02
> >
> >
> > The only difference I can see between these two sets of DVDs is on
the 
> > packing lists:
> >
> > For the B_Group DVDs, the first set shows on the packing list,
feature 
> > code 5817 and the second is feature code 6284.
> >
> > For the I_Base DVDs, the first packing list reads I_Base_01 licensed 
> > machine code, and the second one reads V7R1 Standard and keyed media.
> > The both show feature code 5870.  Other than that, the physical DVDs 
> > themselves are labeled exactly the same.
> >
> > Does anyone know what the difference is?  Is it an error/duplicate 
> > shipment?  Or is the first set the base code, then the second set 
> > licensed programs?  If that's the case, do I load all of them into
the 
> > same image catalog, or do I need two different image catalogs then? 
> >
> > Please be gentle with me - it's been over 4 years since I did our 6.1

> > upgrade!
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Bob Cagle
> >
> > IT Manager
> >
> > Lynk, Inc.