1. i’ve tested Upgrade Assistant in a V3R2 model 300 machine at my workplace, and it’s running fine, with spool file of the Upgrade Assistant generated.

2. However, my team mate at remote site was unable to run Upgrade Assistant at his machine of same type with same OS level, according to him is due to his machine doesn’t have the required PTF for running Upgrade Assistant, thus he was asking me to ‘back up’ a copy of those V3R2 PTF
which are used for Upgrade Assistant …. And we know that the V3R2 PTF are no longer available.

My concerns are :-

3. When the Upgrade Assistant is unable to run at a V3R2 machine, is it really cause by the absense of some required PTF, or is it caused by other reasons ? Because i wonder if just by having a backup copy of the required PTF would really solve the problem my team mate came across.

4. The CISC to RISC migration my team mate is going to perform : V3R2 at model 300 –> V6R1 at latest model ( actual model still undecided ).

So in a migration of such a big gap, what kind of every considerations & posibilities we need to take into account ?

5. i just came across the required PTF group for Upgrade Assistant to run properly :-

- CISC to RISC Upgrade Kit Licensed Program Offering (5798-TBU)
- SF31609 or SF40861(updated), for language code 2924 (English UPPER/Lower Case)

i was thinking of copying the PTF Group to a tape with this command :-

CPYPTFGRP PTFGRP(SF99200) FROMDEV(*SERVICE) TODEV(TAP01)
TOSEQNBR(1) RELPTFGRP(*YES) CPYPTF(*YES)

at the V3R2 model 300 machine at my workplace. But there are only 8 options to choose, with no option of ‘Copy a PTF Group’ available.

Is there anything i could do to restore this ‘Copy a PTF Group’ option to the V3R2 machine ?

Is this option related to any system library, and if yes then where could i obtain the required library files to restore this option ?

btw, the V3R2 installation cd are not available, as this machine was a trade-off from customers long time ago.

Any ideas appreciated. Thx..