Re: VIOS: Upgrading from 2.2.6.32 to 3.1.1.xx

[Jack Kingsley <iseriesflorida@xxxxxxxxx>]

Rob, I don't have any VIOS that I support currently.  Does VIOS have the
release dates and EOS for any of it's current versions and if it does, how
might that impact what version your on from an IBM support perspective.

On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 7:04 PM Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thank you.  I'll study those.
>
> I may have put off studying this past a desired deadline.  I may postpone
> the VIOS upgrades...
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> This is the best guide I have found with the most up to date info.
> https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/upgrading-vios-31
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> Another one worthy of a read
> https://theibmi.org/2020/07/26/vios-3-1-upgrade-for-everyone/
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> I am reading the website at
> https://eur05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibm.com%2Fsupport%2Fpages%2Fvios-31-viosupgrade-process&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7Cb86e3bc169884bfc4d4408d859b73086%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637357990608263906&amp;sdata=PeQf%2BmT5CLT6JNsMU3ddUA5aoZIARrZ69VqcKQny8OA%3D&amp;reserved=0
> This is the first vios 2 to 3 upgrade I'll be doing.
>
> We use internal disks in the system unit for VIOS.
> Lpar vios1 has 1 disk mirrored to another.  Lpar vios2 has 1 disk mirrored
> to another.
> All other partitions use internal disk in expansion units.  One IBM i lpar
> is the host for all that other disk.
> Not anything too fancy here.  No SAN, Live Partition Mobility, Shared
> Storage Pool clusters, High Availability (outside of IBM i replication
> software Quick-EDD), etc.
>
> I'd like to get to the highest level currently supported but realize I may
> have to step stone a bit.
>
> My instructions from other times refer to updateios but from What I've
> read that's not for 2.x.x.x to 3.x.x.x type upgrades.  This leaves me with
> the viosupgrade command.
> Someone have some step by step instructions for this?
>
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