Re: HMC V9 vs V10, Was: Bringing IBM i up to the "latest" OS patches

[Pete Helgren <pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

As an update (somewhat):

I reset the HMC password which solved the authentication error.Not sure 
why that was necessary, but, the system and lpars have reappeared.  The 
issue with MH01857 "missing" is still a bit of a mystery.  Here is a 
screen shot of the output of lshmc -V :

https://www.petesworkshop.com/images/MH01857.jpg

As you can see, MH01857 is applied so I am not sure why the upgrade is 
complaining.  Any ideas?

Pete Helgren
www.petesworkshop.com

On 12/30/2021 5:30 PM, Pete Helgren wrote:
> Bad news:
>
> Yeah, ESS is where I thought I went originally.  But now I no longer 
> see the product listed  (5765-HMV    Power HMC Virtual Software 
> Appliance for x86 HW).  Sigh, it'll take days/weeks to straighten that 
> out.
>
> Good news:
>
> But I found this article which pointed me to where I can find the 
> files: 
> https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/hmc-v9-network-installation-images-and-installation-instructions
>
> Bad news:
>
> The img2a and img3a files refused to checksum
>
> Good news:
>
> Changing the transfer type to binary (after trying for two hours) 
> passed the checksum issue.
>
> Bad news:
>
> Got an error when I went to upgrade:  "A pre-requisite iFix 'MH01857' 
> required for upgrade is missing."
>
> End of job....I had downloaded and applied the iFix MH01857.  The 
> original HMC version was v9r1  service pack 135 build level 
> 1803052221.  Now it's at v9r1 service pack 942 build level 
> 2109060506.  It appears to no longer be talking to the FSP? 
> Authentication error.
>
> Not sure what issue to tackle first.  How can you see what PTF's have 
> been applied to the HMC?  I could have sworn that MH01857 was 
> installed successfully, but it seems not...
>
> Pete Helgren
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> On 12/30/2021 9:30 AM, Rob Berendt wrote:
> > You have to go to ESS as per
> > https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/virtual-hmc-appliance-vhmc-overview
> >
> >
> > Rob Berendt
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