Re: Automatically getting new Update Access Keys

[Brad Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

My issue is that sure, you can download the commands.. but the date format
is incorrect so you have to change them all.

On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 12:21 PM Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> New RFE for this:
>
> https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=153152
>
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> Subject: Automatically getting new Update Access Keys
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> There's supposed to be ways of automatically getting new Update Access
> Keys for your Power systems in order to be able to apply firmware updates,
> etc.
> The problem I basically have is, to my belief, you still have to go to the
> ESS site, My Entitled Hardware, Update Access Keys, Actions, Generate new
> key.
> Why in the sacred name of Elvis can't it just generate the new keys
> automatically, like 30 days before expiration?  What's the point of setting
> up automatic updating on the HMC and/or standalone system, if you still
> have to manually generate the new keys?
>
> ESS site:
> https://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/ess/ProtectedServlet.wss
>
> UAK links:
> Management of POWER8 and Later Update Access Keys
>
> https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/management-power8-and-later-update-access-keys
>
> Order and Apply new UAK on Stand Alone IBM i or HMC-Managed POWER8 or
> POWER9 servers.
> https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/687987
>
> Manage update access keys with IBM Electronic Service Agent (ESA) on IBM i
> https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/635899
>
> How To Automatically Update Access Key
> https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6238172
>
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