Re: SRC B600-F103 (was "Howto get full SRC info")

I'm glad you were able to get the upgrade complete!

 - Larry

Antonio Fernandez-Vicenti wrote:

As promised, my "update", but not quite:

Today we tried again the Upgrade from V5R2 to V5R3 that gave us SRC B600-F103 as mentioned in my previous posts. We were supposed to repeat everything again, to provide Rochester with add'l info (words 12, 13.. 19) on SRC B600F103 we had received, up until now.

Today we tried it again, but ... Customer had received two identical shipments for the upgrade CD's. Don't know why. Indeed we had checked them in advance just to make sure they were "absolutely the same" (same built, same code, same everything...). So, when we started today, I just thought, let's try with the other CD set... It should make no difference... and to our surprise it worked! Installed Microcode, OS/400 and LPP's.

Well, things never come easy... After upgrading, had to install PTFs: Cumulative and Hiper/DB Group PTFs . Fifth CD from the Cumulative gave an error. What shall we do if PTFs can't install? Happily enough, the 820 had two OPT drives.. Tried from OPT02 and it could read the same CD OPT01 couldn't!

So, finally everything worked out...

Now : we did not provide Rochester with feedback for B600F103...

Don't either know why PTFs fifth CD couldn't be read from OPT01 but was read by OPT02...

I'm just writing this down just in case anybody else runs into similar problems.

Thanks to all who answered my original post.