Re: HMC Upgrade

The only media that works in the optical drives of the HMC for writing is
DVD-RAM.

I've had the best luck calling and ordering them from office supply stores -
most don't list them on their websites or stock them due to the lack of
demand, I'd imagine. They're pretty specialized media.

jch

On Dec 12, 2007 10:13 AM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The DVD's I use have "DVD-RAM" on them.

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Thanks Justin this helped a lot. Unfortunately, I don't seem to have the
proper DVD*R and can't get the drive to format any of them. So, I'm
FTPing the back up.
What exact DVD*R do I need?

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Click on Management Environment -> yourhmcname -> Licensed Internal Code
Maintenance -> HMC Code Update and look in the right-hand pane for "Format
Removable Media"

HTH,
jch

On Dec 11, 2007 1:35 PM, Burns, Bryan <Bryan_Burns@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I'm attempting to upgrade our HMC from V5.2 to V6.0 and I'm stuck on the
install instructions where you either back up to DVD RAM or USB flash

drive.

I'm using info center instructions titled "Upgrading the machine code

on an

HMC" and I'm on step 4, "Back up critical console information or HMC

Data".

This says to Select "Format Removable Media" after inserting the media

in

the drive. From where am I supposed to select it? There's nothing

popping

up and it's not a menu option on the HMC.

Now if I chose to forget DVD-R and backup to a USB drive, the

instructions

say to select Service Management in the Navigation Pane and then choose
Format... Well, my HMC has no Service Management option. It does have

a

Server Management option, but there are no Format options within it.

What am I missing here?


Bryan Burns
IBM Certified Specialist - iSeries System Command Operations V5R2
M.I.S. Department
ECHO Outdoor Power Equipment
www.echo-usa.com

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