Re: WDSCi 7.0 on Windows 7 64-bit

Sean,
What I did is run it in XP mode if your running Win 7 Pro it's
included, if your on home I think there are some other hoops to jump
through. I couldn't get it to work reliably under Win 7 64bit so I just
gave up.


Bill Layman
Thos. Somerville Co.
301-430-2968



From: "Porterfield, Sean" <SPorterfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Date: 01/04/2012 11:54 AM
Subject: [WDSCI-L] WDSCi 7.0 on Windows 7 64-bit
Sent by: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx



We're still on i5/OS V5R4M5, so we haven't dealt with the licensing issue
to get the newer RDi/RDP/etc. I'm trying to get WDSCi 7.0 working in the
mean time.

I installed the IBM Installation Manager and WDSCi 7.0 from the discs I
have. The first time, I tried installing with updates, but that failed
miserably. I forget the details...

I went through a second time and just installed the base version. No
obvious problems during installation. I then created an iSeries
connection and some source filters. When I expand the source filter, I
get an error: Connection to x.x.x.x could not be established. An unknown
error occurred connecting to x.x.x.x. Check if you have connection to the
host. If the connection is not broken, check that TCP/IP is configured
correctly on the local machine and all host servers are started on
x.x.x.x.

That's not very helpful. I get the same result whether I run as myself or
as administrator, so I don't think it's a permission issue. It still
works on my old computer, so I know it's not a server issue.

I thought maybe it was because I just installed the base version, and the
old computer has 7.0.0.8 (I think; I can't find that version number.) I
downloaded the 7.0.0.8 patch, extracted it, added it to the Installation
Manager repositories. I've tried with Update Packages and Install
Packages, but it won't install. It shows up on the list for Install
Packages, but nothing happens when I check the box and click Next. I get
the same nothing when I check for updates in Update Packages.

The really odd thing is sometimes my member list expands to show members,
even though I still get the connection error. That means it must have
connected at some point.

My Installation Manager is version 1.0, and I was unable to find an update
applicable to that version.

Any thoughts on how to fix this? (Other than purchase the new version.)
--
Sean Porterfield


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