Re: Where is the info page for upgrading the HMC with Recovery DVD?

Also, remember that the HMC has a normal non-mirrored sata disk.
You can also take a nice ghost/acronis/whathaveyou image and be secure in
the knowledge that even a trained monkey can restore your partition data
(up to that day, of course) and working enviroment. (That's what i did
when i just started monkeying around hmcs...)

Best Regards


On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Jim Essinger <dilbernator@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks Larry, Jim and Joe.

I have done this for the last 10 or so years, ever since I've use the HMC.
I _think_ that the DVDs used to come with the instructions included. I
have never had this much trouble finding the instructions. Poorly
organized.

The link you provided Larry is what I was looking for. I like to make sure
that there were no changes since my last go 'round with the HMC upgrade. I
know the basics but as soon as I make the ASSumption then there will be a
change to the process.

I have what I need to move forward so will get my HMC upgraded to V7 R7.7.0

Thanks again!

Jim


On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 10:42 AM, DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Agreed that the documentation could be easier to find and understand
organizationally. Once you get it though it's pretty straight up.

Understand that I'm not pitching for work here but this is one of those
things where having someone who does many of these upgrades do this work
can be a great idea. Once understood the process is not at all
difficult. Thing is you will do it now and then likely not for another
year (or two? :-) ) so you'll have to learn it all again for next time.
And what if you do miss something and make a mess?

Oh and the stuff is here:

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1012390

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

www.frankeni.com
www.iDevCloud.com
www.iInTheCloud.com

On 10/31/2013 12:22 PM, Jim Essinger wrote:

This is what I REALLY don't like about the HMC upgrades. The

information

seems (to me at least) hard to find and understand or incomplete. Am I

the

only one who finds IBM fix central web pages for HMC fixes confusing?
Which fixes do I order and how do I get them installed?

My HMC is currently at a V7R7.5 level with service pack 1 on a 7310 CR4
machine. I am trying to get it to V7R7.7 level with service pack 2 and

eFix

MH01355.

I ordered from fix central what I thought I needed, and received 4 DVDs

in

the mail.

1) HMC Update DVD - Version 7 Release 7.7.0 SP2 (VOL 1 of 4) PKG ID

MH01354

2) HMC Recovery DVD - Version 7 Release 7.7.0 (VOL 2 of 4) PKG ID

MH01343

3) HMC Recovery DVD - Version 7 Release 7.7.0 (VOL 3 of 4) PKG ID

MH01343

4) HMC Update DVD - iFix for V7 R7.7.0 (VOL 4 of 4) PKGID MH01355

No instructions were included with the shipment .

I found "Installation methods for HMC Version 7 updates and fixes" at:

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1012427

Following those instructions the installation fails on the first DVD,

and

won't even start with the second DVD.

Another (broken) link for "Upgrading or restoring HMC Version 7" at:

file://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1012390

I think the instructions I need are there, but as it is broken, is no

help.

Anyone have instructions or a link to instructions for upgrading from

V7

R7.5 to V7 R7.7?

Thank you from a frustrated user:

Jim

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