Re: V5R4M0 upgrade - HMC as well?

[Larry Bolhuis <lbolhuis@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I call this a LandMine. You bury it someplace and then forget about it 
and, well, there is only one way to find it after that...

So those of you with HMCs KNOW your update setting and if it's OS 
Managed, you may want to consider changing that.....

- Larry

Pete Massiello wrote:
> Everyone who owns an HMC should take a look at this.  This is a potential
> problem that is about to cause havoc.
>
> Do you see that the customer has an HMC, but the firmware update policy is
> set to OS Managed. So this means when he applies PTFs it will update the
> FSP. Now if these are two releases (HMC and FSP) that can't communicate he
> will have a problem.  The policy should be set to HMC Managed, so that you
> can control when the HMC and FSP get updated.  I believe right now that HMC
> 4.3 is not a supported combination with FSP 01SF240.
>
> The good news is you can update the HMC without taking the system down.
> Upgrades will take about at most 60 to 90 minutes, and you will have to get
> to 6.1.2 and then to 7.3.1 (Two upgrades).  Don't forget to save to Upgrade
> Data to DVD.
>
> Pete