What is your update policy? Do a DSPFMWSTS and see if you have your
Firmware update policy set to HMC or Operating System. If its HMC, and it
should be WHENEVER a FSP is connected to an HMC, then you perm apply via the
HMC. If its operating system (Which isn't the best way for an HMC managed
machine), when you perm apply all the PTFs you will have the firmware PTFs
perm applied.
Pete
Pete Massiello
iTech Solutions
http://www.itechsol.com
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Subject: Permanently Applying Firmware
We're on an HMC and a 525. The HMC is on 7.3.3 and the sole partition is
at V5R4M5. We are at CUM C8183540 and HIPER group 88.
I'm writing up the in-house directions for firmware updates, which we had
not done until last week. This is HMC controlled and we now have:
*ACTIVE SF240_338 MH01079
*TEMP SF240_338 MH01079
*PERM SF240_332 MH00000
A couple times a year we make the OS/400 applied PTFs permanent. How do I
do this on the Firmware? If it's in the console handbook I've missed it.
Web searches will lead me to how to apply firmware updates, but I can't
find anything on making an update permanent. Is it just not done?
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