Re: POWER9/IBMi bootable USB & VIOS -- MIDRANGE-L

When I install or upgrade VIOS on a remote customer machine I often have to get creative. So I load the Flash version of VIOS into an image catalog and share that to the VIO partition for the load process. I use the Flash version because you don't need to mess with switching disks it's all one image.

It also means not having to visit the data center. :-)

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

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On 3/21/2019 9:09 AM, Jim Oberholtzer wrote:

Any USB 3.0 will work. Just built a P9 with my own device.

Key to it is downloading the flash version of IBM I, then running the IBM
supplied utility to load the USB. Basically, it explodes the .iso onto the
USB device so when it boots it works just like a DVD.

Then a bonus I did not expect. All five of the DVDs after the I-BASE were
on the USB as well. Loaded IBM i in about 1/2 the time it takes from a
network install even across the backplane.

--
Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects

-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Rob
Berendt
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2019 8:04 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: POWER9/IBMi bootable USB

IBM peddles a USB DVD drive which is also effective. As the Power 9's no
longer have an internal one, this is what I use. Granted, once I'm past
bare metal and can use image catalogs I'll use the image catalogs instead.
I've used this USB DVD for VIOS, etc.

-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Justin
Taylor
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2019 8:59 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: POWER9/IBMi bootable USB

That sounds like exactly what I need. Unfortunately, I either don't have it
in my ESS or can't find it.

I went:
Software downloads
IBMi 7.3 (GA)
Select All
Then I expanded all the "details" links

Thanks for trying...

-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan Dietz [mailto:bdietz400@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 7:45 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: POWER9/IBMi bootable USB

I went out to the ESS software site and found:

5973: USB Lic Mach Cde Flash Image v07.03.00,ENU,ESD

Utility for bootable Licensed Machine Code USB

USB I_BASE_01_Licensed_Machine_Code_RS_730-F

That seems like what you are looking for.

Bryan

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