Re: SST access from Navigator for i

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Valid IF you are using VPM. That is an IBM i host partition that owns 
100% of all fingerprintable hardware with up to three guest partitions 
100% virtual and no HMC attached.

These days a very very rare bird.

As you say the HMC does this in all other cases or the front panel if 
you have no HMC and only a single partition.

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On 10/30/2015 1:31 PM, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Are these steps even valid on a machine running 7.1 or higher?  Just
> trying to find out before I leave a comment suggesting that I think these
> are no longer valid and HMC does all this now.
> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_71/rzait/rzaitfinddst.htm?lang=en
>
> To force DST from SST follow these steps:
> 1.      Use the STRSST command to start SST.
> 2.      Select option 5 (Work with system partitions).
> 3.      Select option 2 (Work with partition status).
> 4.      Use the cursor to select the logical partition on which you want
> DST.
> 5.      If the partition is not in manual mode, select option 10 (Mode
> manual).
> 6.      Select option 21 (Force DST). If you are forcing DST from the
> logical partition workstation where you want DST, the workstation will
> experience a device I/O error and end abnormally. This is normal.
> 7.      Sign on to DST.
> 8.      Before you exit DST, set the logical partition back to normal mode
> if you want the next IPL to be unattended.
>
>
> I get:
> Virtual Partition Manager is not supported and this service
> function cannot be started.  The system is in a state that
> does not allow this operating system to partition the
> server.  Refer to the Virtual Partition Manager documentation
> for more information.
>
> I did find these threads:
> http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/201111/msg00051.html
> http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/201001/msg00703.html
>
> Or maybe they are valid for a few certain systems but that doesn't negate
> the need for documenting how to do this from HMC?
>
> Rob Berendt