Re: V5R3 to V5R4 - upgrade in review -- MIDRANGE-L

Go to the V5R4 InfoCenter here:
   http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r4/index.jsp

Then click on "Memo to Users" in the right-hand window ...

> fbocch2595@xxxxxxx wrote:

Anyone have a link to the "what's new" doc for V5R4?-----Original Message-----

From: Nick_Radich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:14 PM
Subject: RE: V5R3 to V5R4 - upgrade in review


I looks pretty legible to me.

And THANKS. This looks like it will help a lot in future, if I can talkmgmt into upgrading next year! :-)


Nick

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And BTW, I'm not sure why my e-mails wrap funny sometime... You can
decipher the commands, but it looked a lot nicer when I pasted it in and

hit send.


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Kingland Systems Corporation

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 10:54 AM
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Hi, I've got this upgrade to do the middle of next year and appreciate

this.-----Original Message-----

From: justin.haase@xxxxxxxxxxxx
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 11:47 AM
Subject: V5R3 to V5R4 - upgrade in review

All,

Having performed the 3rd V5R4 upgrade here this weekend (only 6 or 7 to
go...), I can say with confidence that V5R3 to V5R4 is the best OS
upgrade I've ever had the pleasure of performing.  Granted, I've only
been doing it since V4R3, so I can't reminisce about how awesome V2R1
was.  ;)

Been using image catalogs.  Here's a little cheat-sheet o' commands if
anyone's interested.  YMMV, but it certainly has some helpful commands
that are easier to cut-and paste.  My IFS directory of the media looks
like the item below.  Also - I used the IBM .bin files and made my own
.iso, interchangable as you can see in the file names.  With the image
catalogs the upgrade itself including PTFs on decent LPARs is only
taking 1.5-2 hours.  This is a 4-way 570 POWER5+ with 48 GB of RAM, so
yours might vary depending on system.  Also, the LPAR with 6 arms took
about twice as long as the one with 45.

/upgrade
    /v5r3m0_ptf
    /v5r4m0_med
    /v5r4m0_cum
    /v5r4m0_grp

Pre-upgrade:
Load the pre-install PTFs:
CRTIMGCLG IMGCLG(V5R3M0_PTF) DIR('/upgrade/v5r3m0_ptf') ADDIMGCLGE
IMGCLG(V5R3M0_PTF) FROMFILE('prepptf.iso') TOFILE(*FROMFILE) LODIMGCLG
IMGCLG(V5R3M0_PTF) DEV(OPTVRT01) OPTION(*LOAD) insptf licpgm(*ALL)
dev(optvrt01) instyp(*IMMDLY)
*** have not been any PTFs applied on any systems so far *** LODIMGCLG
IMGCLG(V5R3M0_PTF) DEV(OPTVRT01) OPTION(*UNLOAD)

CRTIMGCLG IMGCLG(V5R4M0_MED) DIR('/upgrade/v5r4m0_med') ADDIMGCLGE
IMGCLG(V5R4M0_MED) FROMFILE(V5R4M0_01.iso) TOFILE(*FROMFILE) ADDIMGCLGE
IMGCLG(V5R4M0_MED) FROMFILE(V5R4M0_02.iso) TOFILE(*FROMFILE) ADDIMGCLGE
IMGCLG(V5R4M0_MED) FROMFILE(V5R4M0_03.iso) TOFILE(*FROMFILE) ...
ADDIMGCLGE IMGCLG(V5R4M0_MED) FROMFILE(V5R4M0_16.iso) TOFILE(*FROMFILE)
LODIMGCLG IMGCLG(V5R4M0_MED) DEV(OPTVRT01) OPTION(*LOAD)

CRTIMGCLG IMGCLG(V5R4M0_CUM) DIR('/upgrade/v5r4m0_cum') ADDIMGCLGE
IMGCLG(V5R4M0_CUM) FROMFILE(cume6297_01.bin)
TOFILE(*FROMFILE)
ADDIMGCLGE IMGCLG(V5R4M0_CUM) FROMFILE(cume6297_02.bin)
TOFILE(*FROMFILE)
ADDIMGCLGE IMGCLG(V5R4M0_CUM) FROMFILE(cume6297_03.bin)
TOFILE(*FROMFILE)
...
ADDIMGCLGE IMGCLG(V5R4M0_CUM) FROMFILE(cume6297_07.bin)
TOFILE(*FROMFILE)

CRTIMGCLG IMGCLG(V5R4M0_GRP) DIR('/upgrade/v5r4m0_grp') ADDIMGCLGE
IMGCLG(V5R4M0_GRP) FROMFILE(groups_01.bin) TOFILE(*FROMFILE) ADDIMGCLGE
IMGCLG(V5R4M0_GRP) FROMFILE(groups_02.bin) TOFILE(*FROMFILE) ADDIMGCLGE
IMGCLG(V5R4M0_GRP) FROMFILE(groups_03.bin) TOFILE(*FROMFILE)

Apply all PTFs permanent
APYPTF LICPGM(*ALL) SELECT(*ALL) APY(*PERM)
    DELAYED(*YES) IPLAPY(*YES)
Change disk allocation from GO LICPGM, 5 IPL

Print out system values
Backup
Upgrade according to book

Do this after the upgrade is complete and before starting applications:

Watch to ensure BRMS job completes after bringing out of restricted
DSPOBJD OBJ(*ALL/*ALL) OBJTYPE(*ALL) OUTPUT(*PRINT) Do DSPLIB on all
prod DB libraries once DSPOBJD is done.

License key installation
change job log sysval (QLOGOUTPUT) to *JOBLOGSVR Change contact info
CHGCNTINF city/state are separate now.
Delete Client Encryption 128-bit
Backup
IPL

Still waiting on PTF for abnormal end of the 72 monitor jobs -
outstanding PMR w/ IBM.

Justin C. Haase - Solution Engineer
IBM Certified Systems Expert - System i
Kingland Systems Corporation

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