RE: 7.3 upgrade & disk space requirement -- MIDRANGE-L

STRSST size shows 139594, so I should be good for load source size.

Thanks

-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Berendt [mailto:rob@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2017 7:07 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: 7.3 upgrade & disk space requirement

The 70GB requirement is for your load source disk only.

STRSST
1. Start a service tool
7. Hardware service manager
1. Packaging hardware resources (systems, frames, cards,...)

YMMV on the following
Type- Resource
Description Model Unit ID Name
System 8286-41A U8286.41A.214403V SYS01
Disk Expansion Unit + 5887-001 U5887.001.G43C018 FR01
Disk Expansion Unit + 5887-001 U5887.001.G43C02Z FR02
System Unit + 78C9-001 U78C9.001.WZS00UA FR03
Virtual Backplane + < 268C-001 U8286.41A.214403V P15
Tape Subsystem + 3584-032 DE03

9=Hardware contained within package
Type- Resource

Opt Description Model Unit ID Name
System 8286-41A U8286.41A.214403V SYS01
Disk Expansion Unit + 5887-001 U5887.001.G43C018 FR01
9 Disk Expansion Unit + 5887-001 U5887.001.G43C02Z FR02
...

Type- Resource
Description Model Name Location
Disk Expansion Unit 5887-001 FR02
Backplane 50B0 P62 P1
Device Services 50B1-001 P60 P1-C1
Device Services 50B1-001 P59 P1-C2
Disk Unit 59C2-109 P55 P1-D1
Disk Unit * 59C2-109 P54 P1-D2
Disk Unit 59C2-109 P56 P1-D3
Disk Unit 59C2-109 P57 P1-D4
Disk Unit 59C2-109 P26 P1-D5
Disk Unit 59C2-109 P75 P1-D6
more...

Notice the disk with the asterisk? That is your load source disk. This is the one the system looks for first when you IPL.
This size of this one disk (in your single lpar system with internal disk) must be at least 70GB. Not 70GB free but 70GB total. It must have "enough" free space to expand LIC.

5=Display detail
Resource name . . . . . . . . . . . : P54
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . : Disk Unit

Type-model . . . . . . . . . . . . : 59C2-109
Actual type-model . . . . . . . . . :
Serial number . . . . . . . . . . . : Y6802MVH4L7A
Part number . . . . . . . . . . . . : 00E8705
Physical location . . . . . . . . . :
Location text . . . . . . . . . . :
Unit ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . : U5887.001.G43C02Z
Planar ID . . . . . . . . . . . . : P1
Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . : D2
...

STRSST
3. Work with disk units
1. Display disk configuration
1. Display disk configuration status
Serial
ASP Unit Number
1
1 Y6802MVH4L7A
2 Y6802MV2JBDA
...

Notice the serial number?
So ASP 1, unit 1 is our load source disk.

WRKDSKSTS
Size
Unit Type (M)
1 59C2 750000
...
30 59C2 750000

Yeah, in our case a 750GB SSD drive is definitely at least 70GB.
Sizes shown in WRKDSKSTS is after the RAID protection has taken it's toll.

Rob Berendt
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