Re: Source of initial HMC backup

2019-08-13 Thread Christian Svensson
Hi, I managed to get a backup going by copying /console/data/iqyvpdc.xml from my SE to my HMC and then running the backup. It seems to work just fine, but if anyone can confirm / deny the sanity of doing that it would be greatly appreciated :-). Thanks, On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 6:12 PM Christian

Re: Source of initial HMC backup

2019-08-12 Thread Christian Svensson
Hi, Yes - the drive is formatted and it shows up correctly. If I do not have it formatted it fails earlier in the process. I'm starting to suspect something is off with the VPD data. The little information I could find was from the "repair problem" flow that suggested that I replace the component

Re: Source of initial HMC backup

2019-08-12 Thread Dana Mitchell
Did you format the USB using the 'Format Media' task in Console Actions? Dana On Mon, 12 Aug 2019 17:36:35 +0200, Christian Svensson wrote: > >Is there a way I can create this initial backup USB so I can make the HMC >happy? >

Source of initial HMC backup

2019-08-12 Thread Christian Svensson
Hi, I'm trying to set up an HMC to my z114 I bought on eBay. I have the SEs running just fine, but when I'm trying to install the HMC it asks for a backup USB. If I bypass the dialog to launch the HMC with default settings, everything seems to work fine. I can run the backup of critical data for