RE: V5R1 Lic Pgm install failures -- MIDRANGE-L

Thanks, Mike...!

But...  aaaaaaaargh...:-( !

And then again, I've heard folks say they had few, if any problems...?!?
Right...?

Is there any way of knowing, in advance, if I have the set up that's gonna
trigger all this ackus-morackas (sp? ;-)...

I have to have a decent idea how long this is gonna take.. and I doubt if
the time-estimates they give (I'm assuming they give, as haven't looked at
it, yet) are NOT gonna include time for this kinda stuff.

jt

| -----Original Message-----
| From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
| [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Mike Shaw
| Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 12:56 PM
| To: midrange-l@midrange.com
| Subject: Re: V5R1 Lic Pgm install failures
|
|
| Larry,
|
| I just did a V4R4 to V5R1 on a Model 720 on Thursday.  The
| pre-install stuff
| ran fine, but the install failed.  I wound up calling the support
| center to
| get it going again.....Wound up having to abort the automatic installation
| and install the licensed program products manually.
|
| >From the call and the install job log, it appears that something happened
| with the install of OS/400 Optional Part 3 (Extended Directory Support).
| >From there, the system hung and nothing happened.
|
| The workaround was to go to manual mode and force the system to do an IPL.
|
| Once IPL'ed to the B side in normal mode, I used Option 11 on the LICPGM
| menu to load all the products that were flagged as *ERROR or *BACKLEVEL.
| Once those were on, I went and got the stuff that was set in the Install
| List so that I had everything.
|
| >From there it was on to the CUME, HIPER Group PTF's, and DB2 Group PTF's.
|
| You are not alone, I know of a 730 that had the same
| problem...........From
| what we concluded looking at the install job log,  something happened
| installing Optional Part 3 of OS/400......I have had the same problem with
| installs at V4R5 and V5R1 just as you have.
|
| Keep me in the loop if you get more info.  I'll do the same........
|
| Regards,
|
| Mike Shaw
|
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "Larry Bolhuis" <lbolhuis@arbsol.com>
| To: "Midrange Systems Mailing List" <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
| Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 8:17 PM
| Subject: V5R1 Lic Pgm install failures
|
|
| > Greetings to the highly intelligent Midrange community.
| >
| > The last two V4R5 to V5R1 upgrades that I have done have each failed to
| > install at least a dozen program products. I didn't keep the lists but
| > in each case they were smattered all over from pieces of SS1 all the way
| >   to XE1. In each case history log messages indicated the products were
| > not copied from the media. LICPGM Option 5-prepare for install- had
| > successfully located these products.  After failing during the initial
| > install the use of option 11-install licensed programs for each of the
| > failed programs successfully loads them no problem.
| >
| > Both of these upgrades were dual processor 820 machines with lots of
| > memory and disk.
| >
| > Nothing in the archives, or on the iSeries pages.
| >
| > Thoughts? Similar experiences? I'm full of ****?
| >
| >   Thanks,
| >
| >     - Larry.
| >
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