Re: Anybody know anything about V7R3?

[Bradley Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

Works slick.  I'd day the one thing that got me was not having the latest
ACS installed if you;re using a LAN console.

Brad
www.bvstools.com

On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 1:06 PM, Jerry Adams <midrange@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This is "old school" by now, but Rob is right (as usual).  Not only is the
> image catalogue option less error-prone but, when you get around to it, it
> is sooooo much faster (heck, you can even go take a leak while it's
> running).
>
> Jerry C. Adams
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> From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rob
> Berendt
> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2016 12:08 PM
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> Subject: RE: Anybody know anything about V7R3?
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> I've done several upgrades and I never store the cume/group images in the
> same image catalog as the OS.
>
> But, in my mind, upgrading from image catalog is the way to go (unless
> you're doing the network option).  I wouldn't go straight from media.
> Timing the flashing lights, getting well into the upgrade only to find the
> 6th disk was bad, having to physically manhandle the media during the
> upgrade versus load and go, switching the drive around in a multi lpar
> environment and so on is not really a hoot.
>
>
> Rob Berendt
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> From:   "Musselman, Paul" <pmusselman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To:     Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:   11/03/2016 12:21 PM
> Subject:        RE: Anybody know anything about V7R3?
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>
> We just upgraded our test system last weekend.  You MUST read the v7r2
> -and- v7r3 Memos to Users!
>
> -- You have to allocate more space for the operating system; you set a
> value and the system does it during an IPL.
>
> -- apply current PTFs *PERM so you don't end up with orphaned pieces of
> old PTFs.  Zombies?
>
> -- Websphere must be at 8.5.5.10; previous versions won't work.
>
> -- If you upgrade WebSphere before you go to v7r3 there are special
> instructions in the v7r3 Memo that you -=must=- follow after the OS
> upgrade!!
>                  If you don't, it won't work.  Ask me how I know!  And
> even after I highlighted that section!
>
> -- Don't forget to re-customize any of IBM's commands you've tweaked
>
> -- the memo lists program products that have been dropped at v7r2; check
> your list!  As long as you have the replacements you can delete the old
> ones.
>                  -- we finally got rid of the last pieces of
> OfficeVision...
>
> -- If you install using an Image Catalog you must have the cumulative PTFs
> in the same Image Catalog as the OS; the "validate" function checks!
>                  -- The cume we used had no PTFs In Error (hooray!  No
> extra typing!)
>                  -- We added hipers and groups just for fun
>
>
> We had the luxury of a test test system to try it out on.  The most
> painful part was upgrading WebSphere from V7 something.
> We've been up in our test environment for 5 days; so far, so good.
>
>
>
>
> Paul E Musselman
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> From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> James H. H. Lampert
> Subject: Anybody know anything about V7R3?
>
> We just got word that a customer will be upgrading from V7R1 to V7R3.
> This is the first I can recall ever hearing about V7R3; anybody know
> anything about it? Anybody got a link to the relevant Memo to Users?
>
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