• Does keeping track of all the changes, support levels, and coexistence features of all the OS/390, z/OS, CICS, DB2, ACF/NCP and other IBM product releases frustrate you?

• Would you like a time-saving alternative for software upgrades that does the basic, product-related work, while giving you the capability to tailor it?

• Would you like an economical starting point to a comprehensive project plan, one that identifies the vast majority of tasks required to upgrade OS/390, z/OS, CICS, DB2, ACF/NCP or other IBM products?

• If a product like this could pay for itself by saving just 1 day of your system staff’s time, wouldn’t it be worth it?

Then check out our Migration Starter Kits! They provide you an alternative to the grunt work that goes into any upgrade. They reduce the research that would otherwise be done by your staff, they greatly reduce the project planning effort, and they provide over 3,300 Internet links to further information sources. The Migration Starter Kits expedite project management, which is so important to a successful mainframe software upgrade.

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Migration Starter Kits are provided for OS/390, z/OS, CICS, DB2, and ACF/NCP.
  
• The Migration Starter Kits have been field-tested over the course of 14 software upgrades.
  
• The OS/390 Migration Starter Kit covers OS/390 V2.6 through OS/390 V2.10.
  
• The z/OS Migration Starter Kit covers OS/390 V2.10 through z/OS V1.6.
  
• The CICS Migration Starter Kit covers CICS/ESA V4.1 through CICS TS V3.1.
  
• The DB2 Migration Starter Kit covers DB2 V5.1 through DB2 V8.
  
• The ACF/NCP Migration Starter Kit covers ACF/NCP V4.3.1 through ACF/NCP V7.8.
  
• Migration tasks are identified within the task description as to which release they apply to.
  
• Standard, normal upgrade tasks are intermingled with migration tasks.
  
• A total of 32 IBM products/components are in the OS/390 and z/OS Migration Starter Kits.
  
• The Migration Starter Kits can be combined together into a single Starter Kit (Combined Starter Kit).
  
• Over 4,800 tasks are included in the Combined Starter Kit(s).
  
• All Migration Starter Kits include upgrade activities for 3^rd Party products.
  
• A total of 153 3^rd Party products are included in the Combined Starter Kit(s). Others will be added at your request.
  
• All Migration Starter Kits include ServerPac tasks.
  
• Hyperlinks to IBM and 3^rd Party product manuals, SHARE presentations, vendor contacts, etc. are provided, making access to technical guidance as easy as the click of a mouse.
  • Product-related hyperlinks are found at the beginning of a product section (i.e. DFSMS, JES3, etc.), putting the references you need to upgrade that product (such as Migration Guides, Installation Guides, Customization Guides, SHARE presentations, etc.) at your fingertips.
  • Task-related hyperlinks are found with specific tasks, and the references they connect to relate directly to those tasks.
    
• Over 3,300 hyperlinks are included in the Combined Starter Kit(s).
  
• Many hyperlinks are presented via MS Project footnotes, providing as many as 20 references for a given task or product.
  
• A Usage, Viewing, and Tailoring Guide is included that provides step-by-step directions on how to perform many of the day-to-day tasks involved in customizing and administering a finalized Migration Plan. To view the Guide, click here.
  
• Project plans are provided in MS Project or PDF format, but the PDF version is more difficult to edit, and does not have many of the functions in the MS Project Migration Starter Kits, including use of the hyperlinks.
  
• You must have either MS Project or Acrobat Reader – depending on format – to view and print Migration Starter Kits. Acrobat is needed for tailoring PDF Migration Starter Kits.
  
• A Microsoft Project 60-Day Evaluation Kit can be obtained for $8.00 at http://www.microsoft.com/office/project/evaluation/trial.asp.
  
• These are not complete project plans; some tailoring is required. Best Customer Solutions will provide consulting and tailoring assistance as requested at a rate of $85/hr. This time can also be used for technical assistance with planning the upgrade or for answering/researching technical questions related to the upgrade.
  
• Microsoft Project skills may be required if a Migration Starter Kit is extensively tailored.

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Last modified: 06/13/2006