Before you can recover the operating system and user data, you must first recover the Licensed Internal Code. The Licensed Internal Code is the layer of System i® architecture just above the hardware. To recover the Licensed Internal Code, follow the "Recovering the Licensed Internal Code" steps in the Recovering your system book.
If you are using a media library device, you will need to set the device to either stand-alone, automatic or manual mode in order to load the *SAVSYS saved item. See the device documentation on how to properly change the mode for your media library device.
If your alternate installation device is connected to a bus other than the system bus, the alternate installation device will need to be configured using Dedicated Service Tools (DST) and will require the use of the Licensed Internal Code distribution media.
If current Master keys have changed since the last Licensed Internal Code and Operating system save, then an you will be warned with an Attention as shown below. To avoid this, you will need to perform a system save (SAVSYS) using BRMS.
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STEP 001 : Recover Licensed Internal Code
Start date/time __________________ Stop date/time __________________ Duration _________________
You must recover the Licensed Internal Code.
To do so, use the media shown below and the procedure for "Recovering
the Licensed Internal Code" in the "Recovering your system" topic.
Use the media listed for the *SAVSYS saved item to recover the
Licensed Internal Code.
An alternate installation device must be configured using Dedicated
Service Tools (DST) when the device is connected to a bus other than
the system bus, or the device is attached using a fiber channel.
The Licensed Internal Code distribution media will be required in
addition to the *SAVSYS saved item to recover the system.
----- Attention ---------------------------------------------------
__ Use option 2 when recovering to a different system, or recovering
a system with user auxiliary storage pools, or recovering to the same
system with a different release.
__ Use option 3 when recovering to the same system at the same release,
or recovering a logical partition to another logical partition.
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--- Attention -------------------------------------------------------
If you are using a media library device, you will need to use either
stand-alone, automatic or manual mode, or use the device move media
function to load the media volume containing the *SAVSYS saved item.
Refer to the device documentation if you are not familiar with these
device modes or functions.
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----- Attention ---------------------------------------------------
You must perform a SAVSYS using BRMS in order to save current version
of the master keys.
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--- Objects ---
Saved Save ----- ASP ------ Save Save Not Sequence Control Volume
Item Type Name Number Date Time Saved Saved Number Group Identi
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__ *SAVSYS *FULL *SYSBAS 00001 7/25/02 8:03:03 0 0 1 *SYSGRP VOL003
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