Re: v5r4m5 lost load source drive, now questions

[Jack Kingsley <iseriesflorida@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the info rob, I was also looking to see if there are alternative
solutions other than latest CUME order and going that route.


On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 2:20 PM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Well, I'd order the latest cume and groups for V5R4, just in case.  I
> forgot that machines still running V5R4 are considered ancient and the
> media for that is assumed to be CD instead of DVD.  I just ordered my last
> copy of V5R4 ptf media to lock up in the vault.  Came in on 3-4 dozen
> CD's.
> You may want to perm apply these new ptf's to get them in stone on the B
> side.  There may be a ptf on the existing B side that had an issue that
> only hits in rare situations like the one you're experiencing.  Hopefully
> IBM probably came out with a fix for the fix that will fix your B side
> issue.
>
> This SRC indicates that it is a multilpar machine and you're supposed to
> scan the secondary partition's SRC history list for prior B2ppxxxx failure
> SRCs (where pp is the partition ID) to pinpoint the source of the problem.
>
> Or, you could upgrade and forego worrying about V5R4 ptf's.
>
> Four days until support for V5R4 expires...
> http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/i/planning/upgrade/suptschedule.html
>
>
>
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> From:   Jack Kingsley <iseriesflorida@xxxxxxxxx>
> To:     Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Date:   09/26/2013 01:59 PM
> Subject:        v5r4m5 lost load source drive, now questions
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> Ok, load source failed, then got it replaced.  'b' side ipl fails with
> B2003110 cannot find load source.  'a' side lic loads, any ideas as to the
> approach to take with such a problem.  very old ptfs, RSE=RE57163
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