Re: Replacing an HMC Question

[Kirk Goins <kirkgoins@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have very limited rack space, like none and my COLO ( and me ) don't want
HW outside the racks. :)

On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 1:26 PM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> When I got my replacement HMC's all I did was tell it to go find the
> existing Power machines and add them in.  That's kind of high level but I
> think you get the gist of it.  Granted, I did go in and reset up the
> service, networking, etc.  But since I wanted to run them both to verify
> that they both worked it wasn't a bad idea anyway, and give them different
> IP addresses.
>
>
> Rob Berendt
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> From:   Kirk Goins <kirkgoins@xxxxxxxxx>
> To:     Midrange-L <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:   12/29/2014 04:13 PM
> Subject:        Replacing an HMC Question
> Sent by:        "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>
> So my new HMC has arrived ( still waiting on my Power8 ) and am planning
> my
> migration. So Current HMC is running 7.7.5, the new will have 8.1.
> Assuming
> things like Firmware is correct on all the attached Managed Systems, can I
> do something along the lines of
> Backup Critical Console Data to a USB
> Shutdown the HMC and replace with the new one in the rack?
> Boot the new and Restore the Console Dataand be pretty much ready to go?
>
> Do I need to run the Startup/Setup Wizard or will those things be  in the
> console data?
>
> Asking here as IBM says they have no record of my M/T Serial number. I
> guess it is stuck in Customs.
>
> Thanks in advance.
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> Kirk
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