Lukas,
I am in the middle of doing a V6R1 upgrade, and I looked down at the
front bezel, and it says C9002967 just as I started to write this note. What
a co-incidence.
Could it be it is going to take a LONG time since you are installing
3 years worth of PTFs? I don't know of any Link loader issues with V5R4,
there was one with V5R3M0 if you had tried to put too many PTFs on at once.
Pete
Pete Massiello
iTech Solutions
http://www.itechsol.com
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lukas Beeler
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 4:01 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: IPL hangs at C900 2967, PTF SI30387 on a V5R4 system
Hi all,
I'm at a customer right now, trying to get his system from V5R4 CUM
Level 06xxx to 09104. A 9405-520.
Unfortunately, the system hangs during installation of i5/OS PTF,
namely at SRC C900 2967, mentioning that it is installing PTF SI30387.
The clock at the top right is no longer moving forward - by now, it's
about one hour since the last time it was refreshed.
Right now, i'm waiting on a callback from IBM Support, but as always
this can take it's sweet time.
I already did the first IPL for the prereq PTFs, which worked without
a hitch. Then came the second IPL, which took quite some time during
C600 4301, which is normal. But now, the clock has stopped moving
forward.
I'm worried, this hasn't happened before. I've checked the appropriate guide
at:
http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/sline003.NSF/2d3aff1c6b4d6ce086256453000d971e/b
3b492000cef6d1b8625710e0073b543?OpenDocument
But there is no PTF marked defective here.
I've installed exactly the same CD packages on a 270 and on a 515,
where it worked without issues.
This is the first time i've had a problem like this, and IBM hasn't
called back in the last 30 minutes, so i'm unsure on how to proceed.
Any idea, i'd be thankful :)
Regards,
Lukas
midrange.com
