RE: V5R3 - PTF and link loader problem - IPL B hangs at B6000901

What Joel and Kendall said.

Also, C6101530 had some defective microcode PTF's, get C6142530.

Regards,
 
Scott Ingvaldson
iSeries System Administrator
GuideOne Insurance Group


-----Original Message-----
date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 13:41:01 +0200
from: Philipp Rusch <philipp.rusch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: V5R3 - PTF and link loader problem - IPL B hangs at B6000901

Hi all,

Sorry, long post, complicated story.

We upgraded from V5R2 to V5R3 two weeks ago, installed some 
pre-installation PTFs
(mainly needed for accepting license agreements ...), that went pretty 
smooth.
V5R3 - just to explain our situation - is the last release being 
supported for our 720.
When we came to install the cumulative PTF package C6045530 we ordered 
with the
upgrade, that one loaded and went down for the IPL to apply those 
microcode-fixes
included in the package. There were NO special instructions in the 
coverletter.
System came up and went through some SRCs, then it powered down itself.
Strange! We started again from panel - IPL from B-N.
System took a while, then SRC B6000901.
OK, we started from IPL-A-N, system runs and shows lots of PTFs in "not 
applied"
status for 5722999 and 5722SS1.
Sitting on the A-side now, we are not able to aplly microcode PTFs.
I decided o install the LIC from CD again. Now I was able to start from 
IPL-B-N.
Now I had a system with nearly no PTFs on 5722999, but still those lots 
on 5722SS1.
When trying to apply PTF manually, one after each other, or even to 
remove them,
we get "link loader errors" and nothing else happens.
I tried to install the cumulative PTF-Package C5209530, but this fails.
I know there is some module in the PTF list for the microcode which has 
to be removed,
but how ?
Friday I reinstalled both , the LIC and SS1, and then started with
C5209530.
This failed with a long list of SS1-PTFs (ca. 50 in "not applied"
state).
I could manage to get the dependant microcode PTFs via iPTF, then 
manually applied
them and re-IPLed from B-N, this time it came up OK.
Now I was thinking that installing C6101530 was ok, which we received in

the meantime
since our first installation of V5R3.
No Luck !  I am in the same status as before now : SRC B6000901
So we run from A-side at the moment ...

What the heck am I missing here ?

Any hint welcome, regards from Germany,
Philipp Rusch


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