Appendix A MPE/V to MPE/iX Migration

Table of Contents

Differences Between NS 3000/V and NS 3000/iX

Differences in the Network

Differences in Configuration Files

Differences in Applications Support

Difference in How to Obtain Status Information

Migration Overview

Before You Start

File Migration Tasks

Additional Migration Considerations

File Conversion Guidelines

When you Need to Convert Files

To Convert Files

To Update From a Previous MPE/iX Version

Reconfiguration Guidelines

This appendix provides a quick overview of the planning and tasks you will need to do to migrate an NS 3000 network from an MPE/V system to an MPE/iX system. This appendix assumes that you are migrating your network as a whole; that is, replacing all MPE V systems with MPE/iX systems and maintaining the same basic network function.

The following topics are covered by this appendix:

	NOTE: For information on migrating X.25 links, refer to the remaining appendixes of this manual.