Re: POWER 7 Upgrade

[Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's a given regardless of the options chosen to migrate the user data.

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects

On 5/1/13 1:22 PM, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Sounds like a good reason to be at respin K like his BP is planning.
>
>
> Rob Berendt
> -- IBM Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1 Group Dekko Dept 
> 1600 Mail to: 2505 Dekko Drive Garrett, IN 46738 Ship to: Dock 108 
> 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 http://www.dekko.com From: 
> "Steinmetz, Paul" <PSteinmetz@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "'Midrange Systems 
> Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Date: 05/01/2013 
> 02:04 PM Subject: RE: POWER 7 Upgrade Sent by: 
> midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx I did a 9406-550 to 8205-E6C migration 
> April 2012, V6R1M1, had several issues related to not having the 
> latest LIC (F at the time) and required PTFs for Power7 hardware, also 
> double check your firmware levels. I had to IPL the Power7 from LIC 
> respinF, trying to restore the LIC from the Power5 caused the issue. 
> In other words we did whats called (SLIP the LIC) Power7 migration 
> complete, (8 hours total, 2 hour restore 21) This was with LTO3 
> backup, LTO5 restore using LTO3 media, to SSD drives. Paul 
> -----Original Message----- From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [ 
> mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of DrFranken Sent: 
> Wednesday, May 01, 2013 1:10 PM To: Midrange Systems Technical 
> Discussion Subject: Re: POWER 7 Upgrade It's not at all about 'the 
> money' it's about who's really still running i 6.1. and getting the 
> most numbers of folks to the current release. With this feature you 
> have to WANT or NEED to run 6.1 because it's about $1000. If you don't 
> want or need it you'll go to 7.1, save the $1000 and IBM will know 
> you're not running 6.1 because you cannot. - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis 
> www.frankeni.com www.iDevCloud.com www.iInTheCloud.com On 5/1/2013 
> 11:27 AM, broehmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > >IBM really really doesn't want you to do 6.1.1 unless you're willing
> > >to pay for it.
> > >My BP got pretty upset when he figured out that they just charged for
> > >a code.
> > >Who cares if you go to 6.1.1.   7.1 will happen.   Just not today!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >From:
> > >rob@xxxxxxxxx
> > >To:
> > >Midrange Systems Technical Discussion<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > >Date:
> > >05/01/2013 10:21 AM
> > >Subject:
> > >Re: POWER 7 Upgrade
> > >Sent by:
> > >midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Thanks for the info.
> > >
> > >
> > >Rob Berendt
> > >
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