RE: JBA MLAny problems upgrading to V5R1?

[Ram Hari <ramhari@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Diana,
        Here is the info. The following info is meant to help fellow
GEAC/JBA Users. I hope I am not violating any copyright laws.
Thanks


Business Information Database
Product Support Information Sheet

Date : 05/16/2001    Version : General    Number : 556    Issue : 1.0


        System21 and OS/400 V5R1


Geac Enterprise Solutions has completed testing System21 V3.5.2 SP4 using
OS/400 V5R1 platform. The automated regression test suite performed
exhibited no problems.

Geac Enterprise Solutions therefore certifies System21 for running on the
OS/400 V5R1 platform.

It should be acknowledged that changes made in V5R1 could cause a problem
in some of the many possible configurations of System21. It would be
impossible to test all these configurations therefore in the unlikely event
of a problem being found this should be reported using Problem Recording
clearly identifying in the problem that you believe it to be a OS/400 V5R1
problem. Such problems will be given top priority.

During the testing, a number of new features of OS/400 have highlighted some
possible issues in relation to System21. These are highlighted below:

Longer library lists

OS/400 now allows for library lists to contain up to 250 libraries (previous
limit was 25). If a long (i.e. more than 25) library list is set before
going into System Manager or System21, the application will crash as it
attempts to save a list longer than it expects. This is logged as
AM/V3/1166. This feature is switchable and the default after upgrade is off.

The ability to define library lists of more than 25 libraries within
System21 is being investigated and we are looking to release an update to
System Manager to take advantage of this.

Longer passwords

OS/400 now allows for case sensitive and longer passwords. If this new
feature is activated, it may cause problems with some PC client applications
which expect the AS/400 password to be a maximum of 10 characters and in
uppercase. This affects older versions of Operations Navigator and can be
overcome by not using the new feature. This feature is also switchable and
the default after upgrade is off.