RE: Wipe and load an iSeries

As I said earlier, I did admin stuff YEARS ago and then got completely away
from it and got 110% into programming before the HMC came about. My
original quote request for my machine included something that I could
relearn admin stuff (installs, PTFs, etc.) on as well as learn about the
HMC. Apparently that requirement got lost in the request because I ended up
with an 8202 that I was told can't be configured (not sure the right term)
with an HMC.

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From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Roberto José
Etcheverry Romero
Sent: Friday, January 4, 2019 10:33 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Wipe and load an iSeries

Depending on the Type/Model of the machine, the fastest way would be to use
the ASMI and just clear the entire hypervisor config, which would destroy
the LPARing. After that it would be a simple reload from scratch.
I can't remember a machine that is able to run 7.1 and doesn't have ASMI.
Do you not have an HMC?


On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 11:48 PM <smith5646midrange@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have a small stand-alone iSeries that is currently at 7.1. It was
LPARed via SST and I think the LPARing was messed up because it has
been dog slow ever since the LPAR was created. Since I don't need the
LPAR, I have tried to remove the configuration but have been
unsuccessful. I would like to just wipe the system clean and then
load 7.3. One of my major holdups is how to get the .udf files that I
downloaded onto DVDs so I can load them in the drive.



I did system admin stuff YEARS ago and I really don't remember anything.
Can someone provide instructions or links on how to do this?



Thanks in advance.

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