Installing Multiple Versions of XCOM Data Transport for AS/400

Products

• XCOM Data Transport

Issue/Introduction

You can have multiple versions of XCOM installed at the same time, but only one can run at a time.  You easily can switch and forth.

Environment

• XCOM™ Data Transport® for AS/400 i5/OS
• IBM i

Resolution

To preserve the previous installation of CA-XCOM, when doing an upgrade, do the following.

1. Take down XCOM
   
   
2. Rename your current library (such as XCOM2) to something else, for example, XCOM0310.
   
   
3. Do a new install into the XCOM2 library.
   
   
4. At the prompt
   
   
   • Copy Files from library
     
     
   Enter the name of the old library, for example, XCOM0310. This will bring over your configurations from the old library.
   
   
5. Copy any exits you may have configured from the old library to the new library.
   
   
6. You can then bring up the new version of XCOM by issuing
        ADDLIBLE XCOM2
   before bringing up XCOM.
   
   
7. You can back out the new version of XCOM by bringing down XCOM, and issuing
        RMVLIBLE XCOM2
        ADDLIBLE XCOM0310
   and bring up XCOM.