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<h1 class="topictitle1">Prepare to upgrade the partitioned server</h1>
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<div><p>Describes how to prepare for the server upgrade.</p>
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<div class="section">Before you begin these tasks, be sure you have completed the necessary
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upgrade planning. Then to prepare for the server upgrade, perform the following
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tasks:</div>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzamdhwupgrade.htm" title="Describes how to upgrade to a new server.">Upgrade the server</a></div>
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<div class="relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br />
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<div><a href="rzamdplanupgrade.htm" title="Find out how planning can help you minimize your downtime and make your upgrade as easy as possible.">Plan the upgrade</a></div>
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<div><a href="../rzam8/rzam8fixpsp.htm">Preventive service planning (PSP) information</a></div>
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<div><a href="../rzahg/rzahgmtu.htm" target="_blank">Memo to Users</a></div>
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<div><a href="http://www.ibm.com/eserver/iseries/migration" target="_blank">Migration Web site</a></div>
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<div><a href="../rzajr/rzajropconoverview.htm">Console</a></div>
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<div><a href="http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/hardware/storage/" target="_blank">Storage Solutions</a></div>
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<div><a href="../rzal2/rzal2ipltypeco.htm">IPL type</a></div>
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<div><a href="../rzal2/rzal2ipliplmodeco.htm">Mode</a></div>
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<div><a href="../rzamh/rzamhwhatuserids.htm">Service tools user ID</a></div>
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<div><a href="../rzakz/rzakzqautocfg.htm">Local controllers and devices (QAUTOCFG)</a></div>
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<div><a href="../rzakz/rzakzqipltype.htm">Type of restart (QIPLTYPE)</a></div>
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<div><a href="../rzakz/rzakzqpfradj.htm">Automatically adjust memory pools and activity levels (QPFRADJ)</a></div>
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<div><a href="../rzakz/rzakz1.htm">i5/OS system values</a></div>
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<div class="reltasks"><strong>Related tasks</strong><br />
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<div><a href="rzamdhwupgrade.htm" title="Describes how to upgrade to a new server.">Upgrade the server</a></div>
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<div><a href="rzamdhwupgradeproc.htm" title="Describes which tasks of the server upgrade the service representative performs, which tasks you perform with the service representative, and which tasks you need to perform. IBM offers fee-based services in which the service representative can perform additional upgrade tasks.">Complete the server upgrade</a></div>
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<div><a href="rzamdswupgrade.htm" title="To complete the software upgrade, perform the following tasks.">Upgrade to i5/OS Version 5 Release 4</a></div>
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<div><a href="../rzam8/rzam8fixinstalllpar.htm">Install fixes</a></div>
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<div><a href="../rzait/rzaitmoveresources.htm">Perform dynamic movement of resources</a></div>
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<div><a href="../rzait/rzaitmoveprocessors.htm">Dynamic movement of processing power</a></div>
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<div><a href="../rzait/rzaitmovememory.htm">Dynamic movement of memory</a></div>
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<div><a href="rzamdrmvresources.htm" title="Any hardware resources that were intended to be unassigned should be assigned to a partition in this step. These resources can then be unassigned as required after the expansion unit conversion.">Remove failed or nonreporting resources</a></div>
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<div><a href="../rzahx/rzahxcollectinfosysperf.htm">Gather performance data</a></div>
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<div><a href="../rzaiu/rzaiurzaiu2tv.htm">Save each partition of the server using GO SAVE option 21</a></div>
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<div><a href="rzamdprtdskcfgstatus.htm" title="To print the disk configuration status of your server, you need security officer authority.">Print disk configuration status</a></div>
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<div><a href="rzamdprtparitysetcfgstatus.htm" title="To print the parity set configuration and status of the server, complete the following steps.">Print parity set configuration and status</a></div>
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<div><a href="rzamdprthwresourceinfo.htm" title="To display, verify, and print the hardware resource information, complete the following steps.">Display, verify, and print hardware resource information</a></div>
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<div><a href="../rzait/rzaitprintconfig.htm">Print the system configuration for logical partitions</a></div>
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<div><a href="rzamdproductionlpar.htm" title="To finish the resource management and prepare your new server for production, perform the following steps.">Prepare the partitioned server for production</a></div>
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<div class="relref"><strong>Related reference</strong><br />
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<div><a href="http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/perfmgmt/resource.htm" target="_blank">Performance Management</a></div>
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<div><a href="../rzam8/rzam8fixcumpack.htm">Cumulative fix (PTF) package</a></div>
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<div><a href="http://www.ibm.com/eserver/iseries/support/" target="_blank">iSeries and AS/400 Technical Support Web site</a></div>
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<div class="relinfo"><strong>Related information</strong><br />
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<div><a href="../books/sc415304.pdf" target="_blank">Backup and Recovery Guide</a></div>
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</div><div class="nested1" xml:lang="en-us" id="prepareupgrade"><a name="prepareupgrade"><!-- --></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Prepare for the upgrade</h2>
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<div><ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Obtain and review the preventive service planning (PSP) information.</span> <p>The PSP document for V5R4 upgrades is SF98168. Review this document
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for the most current information about conditions that can affect your upgrade.</p>
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</li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Review the Memo to Users.</span> <p>This document provides
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information about software and hardware changes that can potentially affect
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your system operations.</p>
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</li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>View the Migration Web site.</span> <p>This Web site includes
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information about the current migration and upgrade paths, a link to relevant Redbooks™,
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and information about converting from SPD to PCI-attached I/O.</p>
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</li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Review the <cite>Performance Capabilities Reference</cite> available
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on the Performance Management Web site.</span> <p>This reference provides
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information about server performance that is useful for customers who plan
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to upgrade their servers and software.</p>
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</li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>When your order arrives, contact the service representative and
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schedule the server upgrade.</span></li>
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<div class="nested1" xml:lang="en-us" id="preparesourceserver"><a name="preparesourceserver"><!-- --></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Prepare the source server</h2>
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<div><div class="section"><p>Ensure that you have installed the latest resave and cumulative
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fix (PTF) package of <span class="keyword">i5/OS™</span> V5R4
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on all partitions of the source server.</p>
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<p>For information about the resave
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and cumulative fix (PTF) package, see Info APAR II13365 on the iSeries™ and AS/400<sup>®</sup> Technical
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Support Web site. For information about installing <span class="keyword">i5/OS</span>,
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see Upgrade to <span class="keyword">i5/OS</span> Version
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5 Release 4.</p>
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<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Install fixes (program temporary fixes or PTFs) on all partitions
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of the source server. Use the information in this topic to put fixes on all
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partitions of the source server before upgrading to the target server.</span></li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Verify that all applications are running.</span></li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Perform device configuration cleanup as follows:</span> <ul><li>Use the Work with Line Descriptions command (WRKLIND) to view and delete
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unused lines and line descriptions for all partitions.</li>
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<li>Use the Work with Device Descriptions command (WRKDEVD) to delete unused
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device descriptions for all partitions.</li>
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</ul>
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<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> You can use these commands to view and verify that all of the descriptions
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listed are in use. If you are sure one is not in use, delete it. If you are
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not sure, you should leave it.</div>
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</li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Assign all unassigned I/O resources to active partitions.</span> <p>For information about assigning resources to a partition, see Perform
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dynamic movement of resources.</p>
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</li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>If the target server has fewer processors than the source server,
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you can adjust the configuration on the source server to reflect the target
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server's processing resources. For information, see Dynamic movement of processing
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power.</span></li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>If necessary, you can adjust the minimum memory values per partition.
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For information, see Dynamic movement of memory.</span></li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>For each partition, remove failed or nonreporting resources that
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are no longer associated with existing hardware.</span></li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Logically remove any configured disk units that will be removed
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during the upgrade, such as disk units in SPD-based expansion units that will
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be removed (not converted) during the server upgrade. For information, see
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"How to Remove a Disk Unit from an Auxiliary Storage Pool" in Chapter 19.
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"Working with Auxiliary Storage Pools" of the Backup and Recovery Guide.</span> <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> Disk units that are not physically removed may be inadvertently
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added back into the configuration during an IPL.</div>
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</li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Ensure that your console is set up and ready.</span></li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Use the Retrieve Configuration Source (RTVCFGSRC) command for each
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partition to build a source file member for the specified existing line, controller,
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and device descriptions. You will need this configuration source if any configuration
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objects must be manually changed or re-created.</span></li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Gather performance data.</span> <p>You can use the performance
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data you collect from the source server as a base with which to compare the
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target server's performance after the upgrade is complete.</p>
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</li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Save each partition of the server using GO SAVE option 21 on a
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tape drive that is compatible with the tape drive on the target server.</span> <p>This is vital for recovery should you experience errors when upgrading
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the server.</p>
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<p>To determine if your tape drives are compatible, see the
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Storage Solutions Web site.</p>
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</li>
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</ol>
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<div class="nested1" xml:lang="en-us" id="documentpartitionsserver"><a name="documentpartitionsserver"><!-- --></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Document all partitions of the source server</h2>
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<div><div class="section">To ensure that the source server is fully documented before the upgrade,
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perform these tasks:</div>
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<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Use one of the following to document each partition of the source
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server:</span> <ul><li>If your country or region supports the Work with Order Information Files
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(WRKORDINF) command and if the installed server is capable of using Electronic
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Customer Support, do the following: <ol type="a"><li>On the command line, enter <samp class="codeph">WRKORDINF</samp>.</li>
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<li>On the next display, type option 1 (Send to IBM<sup>®</sup>) next to QMA <var class="varname">nnnnn</var> where <var class="varname">nnnnn</var> is
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the serial number of the server and press <span class="uicontrol">Enter</span>.</li>
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</ol>
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</li>
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<li>If you cannot use the Work with Order Information Files (WRKORDINF) command,
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do the following: <ol type="a"><li>On the command line, enter <samp class="codeph">DSPSFWRSC *PRINT</samp>.</li>
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<li>Print the spooled file.</li>
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</ol>
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</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Print the disk configuration status from each partition of the
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server. Be sure to record the serial number of the load-source disk unit for
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each partition.</span></li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Print the parity set configuration and status of the server from
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each partition of the server. Be sure to mark each printout for the partition
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it represents.</span> <p>You can use this information to analyze and plan
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for disk unit configuration and protection. It can also be used to correct
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any problems that occur during the upgrade.</p>
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</li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Display, verify, and print the hardware resource information for
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each partition.</span> <p>Use the information in this topic to record
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the hardware resource information so that you can perform the necessary resource
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management after the upgrade is complete.</p>
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</li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>From the primary partition, Print the system configuration for
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logical partitions.</span> <p>This gives you specific partition information
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such as system resources, processors, main memory, and any unique system values
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associated with partitions.</p>
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</li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Using the system configuration printout, record the partition owner
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and serial number of each IOP on Bus 2.</span> <p>These IOPs may not be
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on Bus 2 after the upgrade is complete. If not, you can use this information
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to reassign the IOPs to the correct partitions.</p>
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</li>
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<li class="stepexpand" id="documentpartitionsserver__hwupgrade7"><a name="documentpartitionsserver__hwupgrade7"><!-- --></a><span>Print the status of all fixes (program temporary
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fixes or PTFs) for each partition of the source server by entering the following
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command:</span> <pre>DSPPTF LICPGM(*ALL) OUTPUT(*PRINT)</pre>
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<p>You
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can use this information to verify that you have the most current fixes on
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the source server.</p>
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</li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Record the IPL type and mode of the source server so you can return
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the server to this mode after the upgrade is complete.</span> <ul><li>IPL type = _________</li>
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<li>IPL mode = _________</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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</ol>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div class="nested1" xml:lang="en-us" id="prepareservicerep"><a name="prepareservicerep"><!-- --></a><h2 class="topictitle2">Prepare for the service representative</h2>
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<div><ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Record the user IDs and passwords for the service representative
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to use.</span></li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Gather the following printouts for the service representative:</span> <ul><li>System configuration list printouts</li>
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<li>Disk configuration status printouts</li>
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<li>Parity set configuration and status printout</li>
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<li>Device descriptions printout</li>
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<li>Controller descriptions printout</li>
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<li>PTF level printout</li>
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<li>Description label locations printout</li>
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<li>Partition information printouts</li>
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<li>LPAR Validation Tool output</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>For each secondary partition, record the IPL System Action and
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then set the IPL System Action to HOLD as follows:</span><ol type="a"><li class="substepexpand"><span>From the primary partition, enter STRSST to start system service
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tools (SST) and sign on to SST.</span> <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> To use system service tools,
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you need a valid service tools user ID.</div>
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</li>
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<li class="substepexpand"><span>From the SST main menu, select option 5 (Work with system partitions),
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and press <span class="uicontrol">Enter</span>. The Work with System Partitions display
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appears.</span></li>
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<li class="substepexpand"><span>Use the Work with System Partitions display to select each secondary
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partition. For each secondary partition, record the IPL System Action and
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then set the IPL System Action to HOLD.</span></li>
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</ol>
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</li>
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<li class="stepexpand" id="prepareservicerep__step4hwupgrade"><a name="prepareservicerep__step4hwupgrade"><!-- --></a><span>On each partition of the server, record the
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setting for each of the following system values:</span> <ul><li>Local controllers and devices (QAUTOCFG) = ___</li>
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<li>Type of restart (QIPLTYPE) = ___</li>
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<li>Automatically adjust memory pools and activity levels (QPFRADJ) = ___</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Then change the values of these settings on each partition of the
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server to the following:</p>
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<ul><li>Local controllers and devices (QAUTOCFG) = Do not automatically configure
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local controllers and devices (0)</li>
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<li>Type of restart (QIPLTYPE) = Attended, console in debug mode (2)</li>
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<li>Automatically adjust memory pools and activity levels (QPFRADJ) = Periodically
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after restart (2)</li>
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<p>For information about working with system values, see <span class="keyword">i5/OS</span> system
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values.</p>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Turn the server over to the service representative to perform the
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server upgrade. This includes giving the service representative the printouts,
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the user IDs, and passwords that you have prepared</span></li>
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<div class="section"><p>Now that you have finished preparing for the server upgrade, the
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next step is to complete the server upgrade.</p>
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