Re: QS36F file format error after migrating LPAR

It's ok Jack, I often say this about myself even: No man is completely
worthless, they can always be used as a bad example.

Refresh my memory, did we already talk you through going into SST and
seeing if your tape device is flagged as an alternate installation device?
And can it also be used as an alternate IPL device?

Device type:
Model:
WRKHDWRSC *STG
Find your tape. You may have to use option 9 to expand various ones.
Resource Type-model Status Text
CMB10 6B25-001 Operational Storage Controller
DC06 6B25-001 Operational Storage Controller
KDVLVTL 3584-032 Operational Tape Library

Actually, I cannot find this flagged as an alternate IPL device. Luckily
I retain some really old documentation and I can find my IBM i 7.1
unload/reload when I upgraded from Power 6 to Power 8.
Ok, at that time I did an IPL from a 7.1 DVD. I had downloaded the latest
7.1 refresh and burned it to a DVD and put it in. That DVD is virtualized
by VIOS to IBM i so my operation was a little trickier than yours should
be.
At that time we were using a physical media library instead of a VTL. Keep
in mind, during the initial install it will treat your media library as a
tape device instead of a media library. So I had to manually move my
first tape into a drive. It can often be done from the front panel of the
tape library but I preferred the web gui. Here's a little snippet. I
literally had coworkers who are normally developers and manage to avoid
system admin stuff except for once a quarter doing this stuff based on my
instructions.
Also our media library had multiple drives. This is why you'll see stuff
pertaining to how important the serial numbers of the drives are.

Snippet:

On the HMC expand server Server-8286-42A-SN21443BV.
Put a check mark in front of the new partition.
Select Properties at the bottom.
On the settings tab make sure the IPL source is D and the Keylock position
is Manual.
Ok.
Operations, Activate, Profile. Click Advanced.
On Advanced ensure the keylock position is Manual and that the IPL Type is
D – IPL from the alternate load source (CD or tape) for install.
Write down time. __________________ (est=07:15)
It will take quite some time. You can watch the codes on the hmc screen.
Eventually your 5250 screen will display.
LANGUAGE FEATURE ===> 2924
Press enter.
Write down time. __________________
Press Enter to confirm your choice for language feature.
From your BRMS recovery report go to “STEP 001 : Recover Licensed Code”.
Record the Volume Identifier requested _____________________
Open up a browser session to http://tapgrt01
Sign on as Admin with a password of secure.
Expand Manage Library.
Select Move Media
We want to move the volume selected into an empty drive. Select Drive 3
as a last resort. It has a flaky port on the switch.
This will take a minute or two.
Record the drive you selected: ________________
Wait until the “Move finished!” pop up appears.
Expand Monitor Library
Select Drive identity.
Record the serial number of the drive selected _____________________

Back on the “Install Licensed Internal Code” screen on your 5250 session
select
3. Define alternate installation device
I’ve always gotten really lucky when I selected the first bus shown.
This will gather some information about that bus and it takes a minute.
Select 1. Tape
Match the serial number you recorded earlier. The last seven characters
are the significant ones. Do not rely upon the ‘resource name’. But
record that also ______________
Select that.
The message “Alternate installation device selected” should appear and an
asterisk will appear in the “Selected” column.
F3=Exit to return to the “Install Licensed Internal Code” screen.
Select “1. Install Licensed Internal Code”.
You have chosen to install the Licensed Internal Code
from the alternate installation device.
Press Enter to continue.
Write down time. __________________ (est=07:20)
About 5 minutes later you will get a “Select Load Source Device” screen.
Write down time. __________________ (est=07:25)
I normally select the one with the lowest value, 0, in the “Ctl” column.
Use 1, then press enter.
“Press F10 to confirm your choice.”
2. Install Licensed Internal Code and Initialize system
Press F10 to continue the install.
Takes about 1.5 minutes to get to 100% screen. Then the little tease
stays on that screen for about 5 minutes. Then the screen goes blank. On
the HMC browser
session status codes will show some progress. It took me about 6 minutes
to get to the “Disk Configuration Attention Report”.
Write down time. __________________
You should see
Problem
New disk configuration
F10=Accept the problems and continue
Write down time. __________________ (est=07:35)
Well, you’ve now finished installing the LIC or Licensed Internal Code. If
someone else needs the DVD drive let them have it.
Before we start the restoration of the operating system we will add in the
disk drives. Since these are all already hosted disks we will not worry
about Raid protection. That was already set up on the host partition.
3. Use Dedicated Service Tools (DST)
Lock your capitals on.
Service tools user id is QSECOFR (all caps)
Password is QSECOFR (all caps)
It will make you change it right away. Change the password to PASSWORD.
13. Work with system security
These values should all be “1”. You may have to change “Allow a service
tool user ID…”.
After changing them to 1, press F3.
6. Select DST console mode
5. Work with DST environment
3. Service tools user IDs
2=Change password on QSECOFR. Change their system service tools password
to SQL400 (all caps). Change the “Set password to expired” to 2-No.
Remember, there is a difference between a system service user id and an
IBM i user id.
From the “Use Dedicated Service Tools (DST)” screen select
4. Work with disk units
1. Work with disk configuration
3. Work with ASP configuration
3. Add units to ASPs
3. Add units to existing ASPs
Add all drives shown to ASP 1.
You may get a “Problem Report” with “Unit possibly configured for Power PC
AS”. If so, “F10=Ignore problems and continue”.
Press Enter to confirm your choice for Add units. Since we’ve only
installed LIC I don’t think we need to worry about balancing data at this
point.
Write down time. __________________
It may quickly jump to 99% complete. On MAIL1 it took about 3 minutes.
Write down time. __________________ (est=07:40)

From the “Use Dedicated Service Tools (DST)” menu select
2. Install the operating system
4. Current alternate selected device
Press Enter to confirm your choice
Language feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2924, enter
Press Enter to confirm your choice for language feature.
Write down time. __________________

The “Install the Operating System” screen will appear about 3 minutes
later.
Write down time. __________________ (est=07:45)
2=Change install options
Correct the date and time.
Press enter. Runs for just a couple of seconds.
Specify Install Options
Restore option . . . . . . . 1
Job and output queues 2
Distribute operating system 1=Yes
.. enter to next screen
Very important that you change “System information” to “1=Restore”. This
screen should all be 1.
Write down time. __________________

About 5 minutes later you will get a sign on screen with no password. Sign
on as QSECOFR.
Write down time. __________________ (est=07:55)

At the “IPL Options” screen
Correct the date and time.
Change “Start system to restricted state” to Y.
Change “Define or change system at IPL” to Y.
On the “Set Major System Options” screen the defaults for the following
are ok.
Enable automatic configuration
Device configuration naming .
Default special environment .
On the “Define or Change the System at IPL” menu select 3. System value
commands
3. Work with system values
Record the values for:
QIPLTYPE ______________
QFRCCNVRST ____________________
QJOBMSGQFL ____________________
QJOBMSGQMX _____
QMAXSIGN __________
QPWDEXPITV ____________
QVFYOBJRST ___
Change these:
QIPLTYPE 2
QFRCCNVRST 0
QJOBMSGQFL *PRTWRAP
QJOBMSGQMX 64
QMAXSIGN *NOMAX
QPWDEXPITV *NOMAX
QVFYOBJRST 1
QMCHPOOL 14400000 or 15% of main store size of 96GB
QBASPOOL 9600000 or 10% of main store size of 96GB
When you are done with the system values you should return to the “Define
or Change the System at IPL” screen.
F3=Exit and continue IPL
Write down time. __________________ (est=08:00)
Press Enter to change your password.
For your current password enter QSECOFR.
For your new password enter MW2UTVTA as shown on these downtime
instructions.

We’re now on step 3 of the BRMS reports but I have the steps documented
here.
WRKMLBSTS
Record the drive names which appear underneath TAPMLB01, like (TAP01,
TAP02,…)
________________________________________

Vary off TAPMLB01.
We want to get the serial numbers to match and get the right device names.
From the browser interface for TAPGRT01 we’ve determined these serial
numbers
Drive 1: 1068036401
Drive 2: 1068036390
Drive 3: 1068036381
Drive 4: 1068015419
WRKHDWRSC *STG
Find TAPMLB01.
9=Work with resource
For each TAP0x which appears record the device and use option 7 to
determine it’s serial number and record that.
TAP01 __________
TAP02 __________
TAP03 __________
TAP04 __________
STRSST
QSECOFR
SQL400
8. Work with service tools user IDs and Devices
3. Select console
Change Allow console recovery and console can be taken to 1 = Yes.
Enter, then F12 back to “System Service Tools (SST)”
1. Start a service tool
7. Hardware service manager
3. Locate resource by resource name
You can use this to rename the TAP0x devices to match serial numbers. If
two are flopped you may have to rename one to some temp name, rename the
other, rename back. You’ll figure it out.
“2=Change detail” is how you rename them.
On MAIL1 I had to change TAP02 to TAP04 and TAP03 to TAP02. Evidently
Port 3 on the switch was dead again.
Also change TAPMLB01 to TAPGRT01.
When you’re done you should have
TAPGRT01, not TAPMLB01
And these serial numbers should match
TAP01: 00-8036401
TAP02: 00-8036390
TAP03: 00-8036381
TAP04: 00-8015419
Record the new name matching the serial you used to restore the LIC
____________
Press F3 to exit SST back to the command line.
Now we need to change the device descriptions to match their hardware
resource names.
WRKDEVD TAP*
5 to display each device, then use option 7 to rename it to match it’s
hardware resource name.

WRKMLBSTS
Vary on TAPGRT01.
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Rob Berendt