f of P H
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Subject: Re: Restore DS8884 firmware without ibm support contract
In addition to the excellent points made by Timothy, you will have to do
additional checks.
It seems that this DS8K might have been used to sell off individual
Enzo D'Amato wrote:
>The drives have been pulled from everything (disk shelves, power
>controllers, and possibly the HMCs).
OK, that sounds bad.
The missing “main” drives tend to happen (unfortunately), and it means you’d
have to find the replacement drives/enclosure. But yanking the drives from
,
Enzo Damato
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of P H
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2022 5:34 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Restore DS8884 firmware without ibm support contract
In addition to the excellent points made by Timothy, you
In addition to the excellent points made by Timothy, you will have to do
additional checks.
It seems that this DS8K might have been used to sell off individual components
as 'spares'.
Does it still have the embedded HMC?
What type of FICON adaptors does it have (SX or LX). From previous discus
Enzo,
I think you’ve got two questions, really. The first I can answer: updating the
microcode on this class of equipment requires a qualified “chaperone," either
on-site or remote. So I’m afraid you can’t just go to a Web site, grab a
microcode bundle, and install it.
Assuming no microcode up
