Re: Scratch Install V7R4 Client Partition from Image Catalog on Host

Presuming you are using an image catalog, make sure the I_Base dvd image is
loaded. This process is not smart enough to search for it and load it.
It's either there or not.
B600Cf00 says the removable media device is not correct.

That's presuming you have the networking etc, all set per the IBM
documents, which if I remember, you have.

Also Are you using the network installation command, or just IPL D mode?

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Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
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On Fri, Jun 9, 2023 at 9:42 AM Gavin Inman <midrangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I got a little further, but still no IPL. I followed the redpaper
instructions and double checked everything. The setup is using virtual
Optical Images of V7R4.

The Host is running V7R2. Prior to losing the Client LPAR, the CLient
LPAR was running V7R3. We want to bump the client up to V7R4.

I can see the TFTP activity on the host LPAR, but after C500E200 is
shown for a minute or two, the IPL fails with B600CF00

Gavin Inman.

On 6/8/2023 3:21 PM, Marc Rauzier wrote:
Le 08/06/2023 à 19:18, Gavin Inman a écrit :

After recovering a server, we lost the image of our Test Client
Partition. Short answer on why, it was a playground and SOMEONE
(looking in mirror) forgot to make sure it was backed up.

I'm trying to perform a scratch install of V7R4.

The notes/instructions I have say I need to stick I-BASE into the
physical DVD drive to load LIC, etc.

Since I'm 70 miles away from the server, is there a way to boot from
an image catalog on the host?

You may want to checkout this redpaper
https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/pdfs/redp4937.pdf

There is a chapter wich describes the steps for "Installing a new system
from the network"

It is a quite old redpaper so HMC screenshots are not really up-to-date
but you can review it and try. It talks about the HMC command line to
activate the LPAR but with modern versions you can use the graphic
interface.

I"m using an HMC for the config.

Gavin Inman.

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