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It just depends on what you plan on restoring.
Are you merging data from the 5.3 on to an existing 7.1 partition or are
you creating a whole new 7.1 partition?

If you are merging data,
and you just KNOW exactly what you need,
and it's just a couple of user libraries,
then simply restore those on to the new machine.
What the heck, it's not like you have to unplug the V5R3 machine right
away.

However, if your goal is to spin up a new 7.1 partition,
then ideally, you would upgrade the V5R3 machine to as high a release
level as it supports.
And, ideally, that release level would be supported on the new machine.
Then you could restore that on to the new machine and upgrade it to 7.1
(or higher).

For example, I had a 270. Technically it's last supported release was
6.1. I upgraded it to 6.1.1. I then restored the 6.1.1 to a new lpar on
to a Power 6 box which supported 6.1.1 as the lowest. As soon as I had it
restored I upgraded it to 7.1. Did I ever bother getting a 6.1 key for my
Power 6? Heck no. It didn't stay at 6.1.1 for even a week.

Most upgrades allow you to run on that release for up to 70 days before
you just have to get a key for it.

We're all still curious as to what your from and to hardware are.


Rob Berendt

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