RE: HMC 4.4 (and above)

As an aside, it took three tries before they shipped the media to me -
the first two attempts were rejected by the server after the order was
placed - e-mail came the next day, after receiving the confirmation note
and everything.  Strange.

Justin C. Haase - iSeries System Administrator
IBM Certified Systems Expert - eServer i5
Kingland Systems Corporation
email - justin.haase@xxxxxxxxxxxx
 

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Subject: Re: HMC 4.4 (and above)

Either I am doing something wrong, or after the fiasco with the 4.2 to
4.3 upgrade, IBM does not have the 4.4 upgrade available as a download.
I try using /eserver/pseries/hmc/fixes/MH00155.zip
and it says it's not found.
There is a lot of bold red letters on there about using recovery CD's. 
Suppose they mean it?

Rob Berendt
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Group Dekko Services, LLC
Dept 01.073
PO Box 2000
Dock 108
6928N 400E
Kendallville, IN 46755
http://www.dekko.com





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Recently someone remarked that the HMC 4.4 code was rock.  That's good 
news.

Question:  When I upgraded from 4.2 to 4.3 IBM recommended that I NOT 
download, but instead I get, and use, the recovery CD's.  Something
about 
that method rebuilds some stuff on the HMC that will make it run faster.

Now, I just got off the phone with IBM tech support and asked them if
they 

had the same recommendation when going from 4.3 to 4.4.  They don't. 
However, the person I talked to was not one of my usual contacts and I 
wondered if y'all heard anything to the contrary.  I ordered the
recovery 
CD's on Monday and told them I needed them ASAP.  However IBM
interpreted 
that as meaning you tape it to a dog in Boulder, shoot it once in the
hip 
and point it towards Indiana.  Tracking number says it should get here 
Friday.  (Which I took off since I have to work 3rd Friday night to do 
other upgrades, like firmware, ptf's etc., and I was hoping to have the 
HMC upgraded before then.)

Rob Berendt
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Group Dekko Services, LLC
Dept 01.073
PO Box 2000
Dock 108
6928N 400E
Kendallville, IN 46755
http://www.dekko.com

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