Contents

The information in this Readme contains fix list and other package information about the Hardware Management Console.

    * MH01272 Mandatory fix for HMC V7 R7.3.0 Service Pack 1
    * Fixes in PTF MH01272
    * Installation
    * Additional information

PTF MH01272

Mandatory fix for HMC Version 7 Release 7.3.0 SP1

This package includes fixes for HMC Version 7 Release 7.3.0 Service Pack 1. You can reference this package by APAR MB03538. Install this fix on the following HMC installation:

HMC V7.7.3.0 Recovery installation Service Pack 1 (PTF# MH01265)

Package information 

Package name    Size            Checksum        APAR#           PTF#
MH01272.iso     124299264       63449           MB03538         MH01272

Splash panel information (lshmc -V output)
After applying the PTF to HMC V7.7.3.0 SP1:

"version= Version: 7
Release: 7.3.0
Service Pack: 1
HMC Build level 20110908.1
MH01272: Fix for HMC V7R7.3.0 SP1 (09-09-2011)
","base_version=V7.7.3.0
"

List of fixes for MH01272

This package includes the following fixes:

    * Fixed a problem where Partition Activation was failing with error B2008105 - SRC.
    * Fixed an issue whereby the following error is reported during the creation of a Shared Memory Pool and the adding of a paging device to the pool: "HSC03670 - There was an error accessing the management console persistent storage area".

Installation

Installation instructions for HMC Version 7 updates and fixes can be found here:

Update corrective services instructions for HMC Version 7

Recovery media upgrade and installation instructions for HMC Version 7 can be found here:

Recovery media upgrade and installation

Instructions and images for upgrading via a remote network install can be found here (for all HMC releases):

HMC network installation images

Additional information

Notes:

   1. To burn the ISO image to media, you must use DVD-R media
   2. The HMC Install Corrective Service task has been modified to allow corrective service installation by using the .iso packaging of the corrective service files that you can download from IBM. There is no requirement to burn CD-R or DVD-R media to use these files to install the corrective service.
          * To install the updates over the network, select the .iso file in the Select Service Package panel of the Install Corrective Service utility.
          * To use USB flash media to install updates, copy the .iso file to the flash media, and then select the file when prompted.
   3. The updhmc command line command has also been modified to use the .iso file for installing corrective service updates. To use the command, follow the syntax in this example:
      updhmc -t s -h <myservername> -f </home/updates/corrrective_service.iso> -u <HMC_username> -i

In all cases, the HMC application extracts the files needed to install the corrective service.