Re: Install/Restore from tape

whats the tagged alternate restart device ?

I have at various times chosen between the virt optical (fcs 7) and
virtualized (real) tape drive (fcs 5)

Just to recap:

- you were able to boot from optical; was that a real optical drive and
DVD
or something in the media repository on the VIOS ?

VIOS virtual I've installed 7.1 that way on other LPARs before.

- How is your alternate IPL Tape device connected - is it Fiber or

something else ?

Fibre

- If Fibre, can the LPAR see the connected tape device OK - is it logged

into the fibre OK (I'm repeating a phrase I heard so forgive me if it is
not accurate)

Yeah, it shows up on fcs 7 after I've booted from optical, but after
installing the LIC from optical it will search the tape if I insist, not
finding an install media.

- If Fibre, maybe check the zoning between the drive and the LPAR is set up

correctly (This might be a repeat of my previous point)

Can you explain this further, please?

You probably want to just validate that the hardware setup has turned out

as expected or required for that Alt-D IPL.

It has turned up as expected. I'm not sure that what we expected is what
we want :)


On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 4:16 PM, Jack Woehr <jwoehr@absolute-performance.
com

wrote:

Hmm

- unmounted optical and got nowhere
- tried booting directly from tape and "no alternate found"

I'm confused. Maybe best to install 7.1 and just try to restore the

system

from the tape?

On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 9:35 AM, Jack Woehr <jwoehr@absolute-performance.
com

wrote:

1) Have you tried unmounting image from virtual media and installing

all

from tape?

No. Of course now the LIC is installed. Will it ignore that and

re-install

from tape?

2) Are migrating to a new LPAR/System?

Yes.

3) Are you trying to perform tape upgrade ?

Not an upgrade. Just replicating a system in a different data center.


4) Why are you installing LIC from DVD/Virtual Media? Different LIC
requirements on target box? Old VTL perhaps?

Ha, well, I think that was a misinterpretation of the manual piled on

top

of a mistake.
I couldn't load from the tape.
So I tried loading the LIC from the Virt Optical.
Then it couldn't find the tape.
Then I played around and found the VIOS fellow had given me the wrong
channel assignment and the tape was discovered on another channel.
Then I proceeded as described above, and the tape was found, but not
loaded from.

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