RE: V5R1 - Still problems?

[Cyndi Bradberry <CyndiB@xxxxxxxx>]

Jeff,

Be absolutely sure that there are no tapes in any drives when you load from
the CD. We went from V4R4 to V5R1 on Saturday, 9 Feb 2002. I came in early
and did some final processing and kicked off a SAVSYS to save my sys admin
some time. For some reason, I ejected the tape in the internal 8mm and the
DLT drive. I was backing up onto the  Ultrium drive so left it alone. I
didn't even think about our old 9348. It had a tape in it, in a ready
status.

Sys Admin came in and started the upgrade. Directions said to stick the CD
in the drive and Power up from D (alt IPL source).  He followed the
directions and the system just hung there. After trying to get it to do
anything including power down, he called IBM. They gave him a secret code to
do on the panel which is the same as pulling the plug. Their explanation:
the system will look all along the entire bus for a device with something in
it. The CD drive is the very last thing. So, the system was stuck trying to
IPL from a tape that had a data file saved on it.

So, clear all tape drives before starting the upgrade !

Cyndi B.
Boise, ID

PS. Don't believe the Cumes and Hipers Etc. I found several other PTF's that
needed to be loaded that are not in either classification. You just need to
take some time and browse the PTF database.