RE: HMC Upgrade -- MIDRANGE-L

I would imagine that this is the reason IBM choose DVD-RAM:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-RAM

"DVD-RAM is considered a highly reliable format, as the discs have built-in error control and a defect
management system. Therefore, DVD-RAM is perceived to be better than the other DVD technologies for
traditional computer usage tasks such as general data storage, backup and archival, though the Mt.
Rainier standard for DVD+RW somewhat lessens the DVD-RAM format's perceived advantage."

Charles

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In the North East, DVD-RAMs are impossible to buy at retail. They can
only
be ordered. As I refuse to put a credit card number in the Internet, this
is difficult. Somebody at IBM needed to make a better choice, but this
likely could be said about every phase of the HMC, unfortunately.

Al

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I've found them at best buy and other electronic stores.

There's more demand for DVD-RAM from a/v as opposed to IT.

Charles

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Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 10:25 PM
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The only media that works in the optical drives of the HMC for writing

is

DVD-RAM.

I've had the best luck calling and ordering them from office supply

stores

-
most don't list them on their websites or stock them due to the lack of
demand, I'd imagine. They're pretty specialized media.

jch

On Dec 12, 2007 10:13 AM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The DVD's I use have "DVD-RAM" on them.

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Thanks Justin this helped a lot. Unfortunately, I don't seem to have

the

proper DVD*R and can't get the drive to format any of them. So, I'm
FTPing the back up.
What exact DVD*R do I need?

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Justin C. Haase
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 5:42 PM
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Click on Management Environment -> yourhmcname -> Licensed Internal

Code

Maintenance -> HMC Code Update and look in the right-hand pane for

"Format

Removable Media"

HTH,
jch

On Dec 11, 2007 1:35 PM, Burns, Bryan <Bryan_Burns@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

wrote:

I'm attempting to upgrade our HMC from V5.2 to V6.0 and I'm stuck on

the

install instructions where you either back up to DVD RAM or USB

flash

drive.

I'm using info center instructions titled "Upgrading the machine

code

on an

HMC" and I'm on step 4, "Back up critical console information or

HMC

Data".

This says to Select "Format Removable Media" after inserting the

media

in

the drive. From where am I supposed to select it? There's nothing

popping

up and it's not a menu option on the HMC.

Now if I chose to forget DVD-R and backup to a USB drive, the

instructions

say to select Service Management in the Navigation Pane and then

choose

Format... Well, my HMC has no Service Management option. It does

have

a

Server Management option, but there are no Format options within it.

What am I missing here?

Bryan Burns
IBM Certified Specialist - iSeries System Command Operations V5R2
M.I.S. Department
ECHO Outdoor Power Equipment
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