RE: v6r1 upgrade question - Firmware

["Pete Massiello" <pmassiello-ml@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Terry,

	Thanks for the compliment, I always enjoy speaking at that
conference.

	You normally apply your PTFs permanently when you would upgrade, so
when you perform this step you would have both the A & B side of i5/OS the
same, which would then carry forth down to the FSP (both P & T sides) the
same.  I would highly recommend that both the P & T were at the 338 level
before upgrading to V6R1.  It will only take one IPL, and better safe if you
were to have to IPL the FSP from the P side.

	Pete

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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of terryr
Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 1:13 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: v6r1 upgrade question - Firmware

Good afternoon
 
I'm trying to determine if a v5r3 machine is at the proper firmware level to
go to v6r1.  I attended Pete Massiello's excellent session on this at the
NEMUG meeting in the spring, so I know it has to be at SF240-332 or higher.
I just loaded the latest cume package and the FLASHLEVELS screen in SST
shows as follows:
 
                             Display Formatted Data

                                                 Page/Line. . .       1 /
1   
                                                 Columns. . . :  1 - 78

 Find . . . . . . . . . . .

 
....+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7....+.
.. 
      DISPLAY/ALTER/DUMP

 Running macro: FLASHLEVELS

 

 LS Flash Sync Enabled.

 OS MANAGED

 Base Level: SF240_219

 

 

 Side            Date/Time       MI Keyword   PTFs (V5R3M5)

 -------------   -------------   ----------
-------------------------------   
 Memory          20071210/1157    SF240_338   MH01052

 Flash P         20061118/1409    SF240_284   MH00904

 Flash T         20071210/1157    SF240_338   MH01052

 Load Source A   20061118/1409    SF240_284   MH00904

 Load Source B   20071210/1157    SF240_338   MH01052

 

 
Bottom  
 F2=Find   F3=Exit   F4=Top   F5=Bottom   F10=Right   F12=Cancel

 

 
I see that load source B is at a sufficient level.  Does load source A need
to be at 332 or better as well?
 
Thanks-
 
Terry Richardson
Hendrickson & Associates, LLC
(802) 879-1061
(802) 598-0694 (mobile)
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