RE: HMC - upgrade

Indeed more is better. I'd pop a couple of bucks to bump that server up to
as much as you can stuff into it. Cheap in the end vs. waiting 30 seconds
for connections, changes etc. Besides that memory for that server is
really cheap.

One of my grandsons mixed up my two stacks of blank DVDs (and their mother
wonders why I ban them from my office) and I mistakenly grabbed an +R DVD
rather than the -R DVD. Check that too. Messed up my whole day.


--
Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects


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Subject: Re: HMC - upgrade

The intermediate levels are only needed if doing an upgrade (e.g. 7.7.7 to
7.7.9 to 8.8.2 to 8.8.4 etc.) If you are loading bare metal as Chris did
all those other steps are skipped. (And I think that's the point!)

Chris I think I would try another media and if that fails open a problem
with IBM.

Curiosity question: How much memory in your CR6? More is better!


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On 5/17/2017 6:21 AM, Jack Kingsley wrote:

Chris, here is a matrix chart. From what I am reading, you need to go
to an intermediate release before going to V8.

https://www-304.ibm.com/support/customercare/sas/f/power5cm/supportedc
odeHMCHW.html

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1024956

Check your firmware levels as well.



On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 6:32 PM, Christopher Bipes <
chris.bipes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have a 7042-CR6 that WAS running 7.7.3 or their about.

I put in a recovery disk for 8.840 and booted. Wiped the current
system and performed an install.

It errored out after about 30 minutes and went to the command line.

Tried a second time and received the same results.

Now booting off of a 7.790 DVD and it appears to be going.

I totally expected to build the HMC from scratch and I did document
the networking and passwords.

Do you think my media was bad? Should I re-download the ISO images
for
V8.840 and burn a new DVD?

Chris Bipes
Director of Information Services
CrossCheck, Inc.

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