HP-UX SNAplus2 R7 Upgrade Guide (September 2005)

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Audience
This guide addresses the network administrator responsible for
planning, configuring, and monitoring the operation of an HP 9000 SNA
data communications network. This guide assumes that you have
knowledge of the following:
• SNA (Systems Network Architecture) and APPN (Advanced
Peer-to-Peer Networking) concepts. For a list of books that provide
this information, see “Related Publications”.
• SNAplus2 concepts and administration tools (see the HP-UX
SNAplus2 Administration Guide).
Application programmers may also use this book to ensure that
applications continue to run on upgraded systems.
Organization of This Guide
Chapter 1, “Overview of Upgrading.”
This chapter summarizes the possible upgrade paths
and client/server compatibility.
Chapter 2, “Upgrading from Earlier Versions of SNAplus2 to R7.”
This chapter explains how to plan the process of
upgrading the system, and lists the steps required to
upgrade the system.
Chapter 3, “Porting Application Programs.”
Contains information about how to port applications
written for the earlier SNAplus2 Release APIs
(application programming interfaces) for use with later
SNAplus2 releases.
Chapter 4, “Changes in SNAplus2 Functions in R7.”
Provides information about programs in earlier
releases that are superseded by new programs in
Release 7 and later releases. It also provides
information about other features that have changed,
including new features for release 7.