RE: Recovery Problem

You should have been able to restore LIC from any backup tape with
SAVSYS.

    Best regards,

          Alexei Pytel



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pat Barber [SMTP:MBOCEANSIDE@postoffice.worldnet.att.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 1998 5:53 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: Recovery Problem
> 
> Neil Palmer wrote:
> > 
> > Pat.  By now you've seen all the answers to your original question.
> > How did the story turn out ?  Presumably they located a FULIC tape
> for
> > their 9402/200 is a reasonable amount of time and have now restored
> ?
> > 
> Well,the long and gory story continues... Today being Wednesday....
> Here
> is a brief time line of events...
> 
> 1. Monday 7:30   System crashed with dead load source
> 2. I got the call around 8:30
> 3. IBM was called 
> 4. CE shows up at 10:30(with NO disk drive)
> 5. CE determines that system is in fact dead and needs drive (11:45)
> 6. Leaves to get drive
> 7. Returns with drive at 1:45PM
> 8. Starts install
> 9. CE realizes at this point he needs LIC tape for V3R1 (2:30PM)
> 10 CE leaves to get a copy of LIC
> 11.CE returns with LIC and puts in on
> 12.We attempt to use SYSBAK tape... fails with mismatch LIC vs OS/400
> 13. I realize at this point, the CE(who has left) has installed wrong
>     version of LIC(V3R2)
> 14. It is now 7:00PM (customer says he can't take anymore) we quit for
> the day...
> 
> Tuesday.....CE is called back to reinstall LIC
> 
> 1.CE shows up at 11:30AM with V3R1 LIC and does install
> 2.We attempt another reload with system backup 2:00PM
> 3.It fails(media error)NO more copies available
> 4.I decide that we MUST install V3R2 with SCRATCH install...
> 5.Called IBM and now need to reinstall V3R2 LIC 3:00 PM
> 6.CE calls and says current copy is in use at another account
> 7. I go into DEMO for another customer till 6:30PM
> 8. ANOTHER DAY ENDS
> 
> Wednesday..... 9:30AM 
> 
> 1. CE shows up with V3R2 LIC...
> 2. WE will start scratch install in about an hour.....
> 3. Please consider prayer as day goes on.....
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