The Year 2000:The Year 2000:Hardware and Software Hardware and Software

IssuesIssues

Art Hendela, PresidentHendela System Consultants, Inc.

Home of the SCANALYZER Year 2000 SolutionLyndhurst, NJ

1-888-SCANY2K WWW.SCANY2K.COM

art.hendela@scany2k.com

What Hardware should What Hardware should be checked?be checked?

Mainframes - IBM, Tandem, Amdahl Mid Range - AS/400, VAX, HP, DG PCs - IBM Compatibles Workstations - Sun and other UNIX

boxes Embedded Systems - PLCs - elevators,

fire systems, batch controllers Communications

How do you check How do you check Hardware?Hardware?

Inventory your equipment Ask your vendor for certification Make and model number isn’t

enough Use a BIOS and RTC Checker such

as PC Check Replace hardware which can not be

taken off-line for testing

What Software should What Software should you check?you check?

Operating systems -MVS, VM, Unix, VMS, Novell, Windows

Custom built software - in-house or contractor developed

Third party packaged software - Spreadsheets, Accounting Packages

Databases - DB2, Oracle, Access, xBase

How do you check How do you check software?software?

Inventory your applications. Ask your vendors for certification. Use tools to scan and fix date problems. Prepare testing plans. Test the fixes in separate environment. Monitor the fixes in the production

environment.

Where do you get more Where do you get more information?information?

Websites: WWW.YEAR2000.COM WWW.Y2KLINKS.COM WWW.SCANY2K.COM

Magazines: Year/2000 Journal - 214-340-2147

NJ Y2K User Group - Mike Cervine, CervineM@panasonic.com