IBM have announced the end of support for IBMi 7.1 in April 2018. Recarta are offering a services consultancy package to all IBMi 7.1 users to help plan their upgrade before the April 2018 deadline.
Check to see of your IBM Power server can support above V7R1
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Present OS and Hardware roadmap for context and build confidence in maturity of 7.2 and actually 7.3
Help with 3rd party applications running on Power I and compatibility on 7.2 or 7.3
Review HW and SW (Licenced products) on your Power systems in order to identify pre-requisites for 7.2 or 7.3
Identify HW features which are not supported at 7.2 or 7.3
Identify Licensed programs which are not present on 7.2/7.3 – work through replacement products for you specifically
Identify pre-requisites for attached devices – such as HMC, Tape devices, SAN Switching, External Storage array (if present)
Identify likely pricing for extended support on 7.1 for your system
Plan OS upgrade professional services safe in knowledge that pre-requisites for HW and SW are known and accounted for.
Total IBMi Support Assurance
Remote system monitoring
Health checks and optimisation
High availability monitoring
Data migrations
Installations & upgrades
Patch upgrades
Operating System upgrades
Benchmark testing
Design review & planning
Security checks
Penetration testing
Project management
Ensure you're IBMi Estate is Supported
Talk to a Recarta about planning your IBMi 7.1 upgrade today
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