Thanks Rob. What's the steps on the HMC to complete the power on and is there any way to do it by activating a partition?
Frank
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Sent: Wed, May 23, 2012 11:26 am
Subject: Re: HMC and firmware upgrade Was: Power Outage Checklist?
Assuming all your tape drives and disk drives are plugged into the rack
ith your hardware running IBM i then yes you could have powered it all up
rom the HMC. And you could have accessed your HMC remotely from home,
hile in your PJ's, and have done so.
I've powered off all three lpars on one rack, IPLed the rack to put on
irmware, brought the lpars back up. Got into their system consoles, etc.
And not have been in the same city.
ob Berendt
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ate: 05/23/2012 11:20 AM
ubject: Re: HMC and firmware upgrade Was: Power Outage Checklist?
ent by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
i Folks, we lost power last night and when it was restored I had to
anually power on our disk units and tape drives, etc. Could I have
owered up the HMC first and then used the HMC to power them up?
hanks for the info, Frank
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rom: rob <rob@xxxxxxxxx>
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ent: Wed, May 2, 2012 4:35 pm
ubject: HMC and firmware upgrade Was: Power Outage Checklist?
've been in your shoes - actually much worse - on backlevel hmc and
rmware. Had to do multiple staggers. I had to stagger from V5something
HMC to V7something because V7 offers kick butt remote control with
gular browsers and no pc software required.
MC code can be upgraded midday with no downtime of your IBM Power
atform. Actually upgrading the HMC controlling TWO Power 6's as I type
is.
ctually, I recommend upgrading your HMC NOT at the same time as you're
grading firmware. You don't want your console down when you're IPLing
ur Power platform.
ob Berendt
M Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1
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rom: rob@xxxxxxxxx
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te: 05/02/2012 02:53 PM
bject: Re: Power Outage Checklist?
nt by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
You may want to consider stepping up on all three:
R1 to i7.1
R3.3.0.1 to V7R7.4
320 to EM350
these last two - you're getting down towards a pinch off of support.
u're already at the point where you have to stagger upgrades.
tps://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/power5cm3/emtablep6.html
rst step: Upgrade your HMC from V7R3.3 to V7R3.5
cond step: Upgrade your firmware from EM320 to EM350
ird step: Upgrade your HMC from V7R3.5 to V7R7.4
taying current on firmware will:
ensure you can put on hardware that needs it with less downtime at the
me you need it catching up on firmware
be ready for OS upgrades which may require new firmware
if your HMC fries and IBM has to air you a new one preloaded at a higher
evel of HMC code you're ready to go.
Take advantage of fixes and security patches
taying current on HMC code will:
allow you to use newer browsers which may poorly render prior levels of
C code!
Get the best of experiences with remote connections and what not
allow you to use latest firmware (see above)
if your power 6 suffers catastrophic hardware loss and needs replacing
u'll have a hmc ready to go at the latest firmware level.
Even if just your FSP needs replacing it may come preloaded at newer
rmware.
Take advantage of fixes and security patches.
ob Berendt
M Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1
oup Dekko
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il to: 2505 Dekko Drive
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6928N 400E
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rom: fbocch2595@xxxxxxx
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te: 05/02/2012 02:33 PM
bject: Re: Power Outage Checklist?
nt by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Rob, we're at V6R1 of the OS and for HMC we're at V7R3.3.0.1 and
320_076. I think that s/b ok. Thanks
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om: rob <rob@xxxxxxxxx>
: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
nt: Wed, May 2, 2012 1:35 pm
bject: Re: Power Outage Checklist?
ow much time have you got?
rst, ensure that your HMC is running a level of HMC code compatible with
ur power system's firmware. Some people do a big no-no on HMC managed
hines and configure firmware upgrades to come from the ptf's applied to
i partition. The problem with that is your firmware can get so
raded that your HMC can no longer manage it. Bringing the system up
m scratch after a power outage is not the time to discover that.
ps://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/power5cm/supportedcode.html
en power off all partitions using your normal steps, with the last being
RDWNSYS RESTART(*NO), with other appropriate options
en use the HMC to power off the 'system' itself.
n power off the HMC.
en power is restored:
your UPS got drained, wait until that builds up a little reserve.
er up your HMC.
your HMC to power up the 'system'.
e the system is ready, use your HMC to bring up your lpars. Bring up
ted lpar's before bringing up any guest lpars.
b Berendt
Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1
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l to: 2505 Dekko Drive
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rom: fbocch2595@xxxxxxx
midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx,
e: 05/02/2012 10:18 AM
ject: Power Outage Checklist?
t by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Folks, we've got a planned power outage coming up and I'm wondering
t the correct steps would be to power down and then start up after the
er is out?
at about the HMC, any specifics on how to shut that down, or is that
n necessary? What about startup too, will power be restored to the HMC
iSeries and provide screen access to both?
don't think we've ever lost power in our data center before.
anks, Frank
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