RE: Error CPA3DE1 during OS upgrade

["John Allen" <jallen@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pete,

Thanks for the info
I don't have that command so I will download the PTF's
I will be very happy to get off V5R1

John

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pete Massiello
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:10 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: Error CPA3DE1 during OS upgrade

Way back then, you used different parameters for creating the virtual
device.

   CRTDEVOPT DEVD(OPTVRT01) RSRCNAME(QVRTOPT)
              ONLINE(*YES) TEXT(virtual optical device)

Your image catalogue MUST be a certain name at V5R1.  I always used
QUPGRADE1

Then you had to use a special command to initiate the upgrade, and NOT use
PWRDWNSYS

    STRVRTINS IMGCLG(QUPGRADE1)

	I hope this helps.  If you don't have that command, then you need
the required PTFs to get it and image cat support.

	Pete

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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Allen
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:20 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: Error CPA3DE1 during OS upgrade

Rob, 

Thanks for the help, I plan on trying the image catalog method this weekend.

However, I tried step one:
CRTDEVOPT DEVD(OPTVRT01) RSRCNAME(*VRT) ONLINE(*YES)
and get an error 
"Value *VRT for parameter RSRCNAME not a valid name"

Is this not available for me to use on V5R1
or should I use one of the choices *NONE or OPT01? 



John


-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rob@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 9:51 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Error CPA3DE1 during OS upgrade

I_BASE is always first.  Which is what should have been first during your 
last OS upgrade attempt.  Use the image catalog and restart the GO LICPGM, 
5, 1.  How to use an image catalog is outlined in the software 
installation manual.
Basic steps are something like
CRTDEVOPT DEVD(OPTVRT01) RSRCNAME(*VRT)
VRYCFG CFGOBJ(OPTVRT01) CFGTYPE(*DEV) STATUS(*ON)
MD DIR('/imageCatalog')
CRTIMGCLG IMGCLG(VSOMETHING) DIR('/imageCatalog/vsomething')
Stick I_BASE cd in drive
ADDIMGCLGE IMGCLG(VSOMETHING) FROMDEV(OPT01) TOFILE(*GEN)
repeat for each physical cd in the order referred to in the manual.  Do 
NOT do the cume.
LODIMGCLG VSOMETHING OPTVRT01
GO LICPGM
5, 1
VFYIMGCLG IMGCLG(VSOMETHING) SORT(*YES)
Start your upgrade and go home and monitor it remotely from your HMC.  No 
need to be there and physically feed it discs.  No worry that you'll be 3 
discs into the upgrade and find out it's damaged.

Cume:
LODIMGCLG VSOMETHING OPTION(*UNLOAD)
CRTIMGCLG IMGCLG(CUME) DIR('imageCatalog/cume')
ADDIMGCLGE IMGCLGE(CUME) ...
Repeat as necessary.
LODIMGCLG CUME OPTVRT01
VFYIMGCLG IMGCLG(CUME) TYPE(*PTF) SORT(*YES)
GO PTF, 8
LODIMGCLG CUME OPTION(*UNLOAD)



Rob Berendt