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UPGRADE CICS TO 7.1
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curlycord
Programmer
You need to know the version it has before the question can be answered.....or you can just install 7.1 and reprogram fresh.
RikRodgers
Vendor
One warning- If it's a really old system, the cabinet is probably rev 1. You'll need to replace the KSU with a rev 2 for it to come up.
I learned that the hard way.
I learned that the hard way.
First get your system up to R6.1, then insert the R7.1 software and you should be good to go. Or do a REINSTALL as curlycord suggested and start fresh.
Brian Cox
Brian Cox
ptstechnician
Vendor
Brian, if you preform the upgrade, do you need the Rev 2 cabinet (as curlycord says)?
I really am not sure. I'll try to find out when I get to the office in the AM.
Brian Cox
Brian Cox
RikRodgers
Vendor
Absolutely. I don't remember what the sw level cutoff was for the old rev 1 cabinet, but I can tell you from experience, it won't boot on 6.1 and up unless it's a rev 2 KSU.
It'd be nice if there were an upgrade kit available for the cabinet, but it would probably cost as much as the new cabinet.
It'd be nice if there were an upgrade kit available for the cabinet, but it would probably cost as much as the new cabinet.
Wallysworld
Technical User
How do you identify if the cabinet is rel. 1 or rel. 2???
RikRodgers
Vendor
There's some disagreement on the cabinet release being a factor for new software not booting up on old cabinets. The last thing I want to do is mislead anyone, so I'll detail what I mean by "the hard way".
On at least 3 separate occasions, I've upgraded CICS's I had installed when the CICS had first come out. They were running fine on 1.0, and 2.0 software, and were even ok up to 4.1. When I tried to bring them up to 6.1, or newer, they would not come up. When I moved them back to their original software, they came up clean, and replacing the cabinet, the new software came up fine.
The only common point I've found was that all these cabinets were rel 1, and the new cabinets were rel 2. This was confirmed by the tech support I used when I had trouble the first time. Ever since, I check the cabinet before I propose an upgrade.
Oh, yeah... If I recall, the cabinet release is on a label between the Amps, above the power cord.
On at least 3 separate occasions, I've upgraded CICS's I had installed when the CICS had first come out. They were running fine on 1.0, and 2.0 software, and were even ok up to 4.1. When I tried to bring them up to 6.1, or newer, they would not come up. When I moved them back to their original software, they came up clean, and replacing the cabinet, the new software came up fine.
The only common point I've found was that all these cabinets were rel 1, and the new cabinets were rel 2. This was confirmed by the tech support I used when I had trouble the first time. Ever since, I check the cabinet before I propose an upgrade.
Oh, yeah... If I recall, the cabinet release is on a label between the Amps, above the power cord.
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