RE: New version of HMC.

Pete,
Thanks. This was very helpful to me as well, allaying some concern I had about our FSP level. Not that we're planning to upgrade, but it's nice to know that we're ahead of the curve being at SP240_219.
Bryan Burns
ECHO, Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Pete Massiello
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 11:18 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: New version of HMC.


It basically says that both the Temp and Perm of the FSP have 01SF225_096,
and that is also the code that is running. This is pretty got dated code,
as we discussed in a previous email.

Then inside of LIC (of OS/400) you have PTF MF00678 loaded into the
A side (you would see this with DSPPTF 5722-999 as Perm applied). Then on
the B side you have PTF MH00948, and if we did a DSPPTF 5722-999 we would
see this as Temp applied.

If you decide to upgrade to V5R4, you would have a problem, as the
FSP would need to be at min level of 01SF235_160, and you are only at
01SF225_096.

Pete

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Bipes
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 11:21 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: New version of HMC.

Thank you Here is the output. How exactly do I read this?
DISPLAY/ALTER/DUMP
Running macro: FLASHLEVELS

LS Flash Sync Enabled.
HMC MANAGED
Base Level:

Side Date/Time MI Keyword PTFs (V5R3M0)
------------- ------------- ---------- -------------
Memory 20050311/1416 SF225_096 MH00248
Flash P 20050311/1416 SF225_096 MH00248
Flash T 20050311/1416 SF225_096 MH00248
Load Source A 20060505/1020 SF240_219 MH00678
Load Source B 20070301/1655 SF240_298 MH00948

Chris Bipes
Director of Information Services
CrossCheck, Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pete Massiello
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 8:14 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: New version of HMC.

Chris,

You can check from the HMC, but sometimes I think the best way
is to
do it from SST, and this way you can see that the FSP is HMC Managed,
and
not OS Managed.

Here are the steps I have from a user group presentation that I
do,
on how to upgrade your i5/OS. There is correlation and dependency
between
your HMC, FSP, and OS Release.


STRSST and sign in
Select option 1 - Start Service tool
Option 4 - Display/Alter/Dump
Option 1 - Display/Alter Storage
Option 2 - Licensed Internal Code Data
Option 14 - Advanced Analysis
Select FLASHLEVELS press Enter

You will see your levels