Re: System upgrade problem

Pete is on target here. *NONSYS includes all the iBM Libraries except QSYS. This is a disaster if you're changing releases and can also 'make a mess' when staying on the same release.

- If you are staying on the same release then there is NO reason to use I_BASE and the remaining disks that just invites problems, use a SAVE 21 tape instead.
- If you are doing a side by side upgrade (implying a release update) then restoring from *NONSYS is a deal breaker.

I believe I was correct with my first comment: "Smells like a procedural problem during the upgrade'."

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

There is your problem. The person doing the restore didn't understand what gets restored in each step. You should have done a D-Mode IPL with the I_BASE_01 CD only if your tape couldn't be an Alternate IPL Device. In this case, the CD is the Alternate IPL device, and the tape drive becomes the Alternative Installation Device once you get to DST. Then you restore everything from your alternative installation device, and you get everything the way it is supposed to be.

Pete

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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bill SWann
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 12:10 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: System upgrade problem

Actually we restore from the I_BASE_01 and other DVDS, then restored everything from the nonsys save.