IBM has just announced today service extension support for IBM i Operating System V5R4. The extended service extension offering extends support for IBM i Operating System V5R4 for an additional year, from October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017. The extended support covers usage and known and new defect problems. A service start date of October 1, 2016 or later and the service end date of September 30, 2017 or earlier must be manually entered by the user. For further details, contact … [Read more...]
6 Unexpected Things You Need To Know About Our 4 Hour IBM i (OS400) Version Upgrade
Our approach to IBM i version upgrades is different. Our Clients know it to be WAY BETTER 1. Way Less Time: This approach does not require 1 or more weekends of downtime to upgrade OS400 to the latest release. Restricted downtime is dramatically limited – in most cases, it’s about 2x – 3x your save time depending on the amount of data, or about 2 to 4 hours for most of our clients. 2. No Surprises The unexpected surprises are discovered before anyone comes onsite to go live. If … [Read more...]
4-Hour Upgrade IBM i (OS400) to V7R1 or V7R2
IBM withdraws support for IBM i V6R1 at the end of September 2015. Afterwards, V6R1 support is available with Service Extension which is an extra fee in addition to your IBM Software Maintenance support (SWMA). Even with Service Extension, there are no more PTFs for V6R1 and support is on a best efforts basis. Now is the time to upgrade to V7R1 or V7R2. And, you can upgrade your IBM POWER server in 4 hours – instead of a whole weekend. How is that possible? Check … [Read more...]