Using System i Navigator to set up your disk configuration after installing Licensed Internal Code

After installing Licensed Internal Code, you need to set up your disk configuration. Use the dedicated service tools (DST) debug mode to access disk management functions in System i® Navigator where you can configure disk units in system, basic, and independent auxiliary storage pools (ASPs).

When you install the Licensed Internal Code by using option 2 from the Install Licensed Internal Code (LIC) menu, the system does the following tasks:

  • The system clears disk unit 1. Disk unit 1 contains information about how all the other disk units on your system are configured. If you are using logical partitioning, disk unit 1 also contains your partitioning configuration data.
  • The system prepares to delete all data in the system ASP. The system ASP is not actually cleared until you perform the initial program load (IPL) after installing the Licensed Internal Code.

When you are finished configuring disk units, you can complete the step-mode IPL.

Note: You must have configured the Service Tools Network Interface in order to do these steps.
  1. You might have received a Disk Configuration Attention Report like the one below after you loaded the Licensed Internal Code. If so, press F10 to accept the problems and continue. 
                         DISK CONFIGURATION ATTENTION REPORT

TYPE OPTION, PRESS ENTER.
  5=DISPLAY DETAILED REPORT

PRESS F10 TO ACCEPT ALL THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS AND CONTINUE.
THE SYSTEM WILL ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THEM.

OPT  PROBLEM
     NEW DISK CONFIGURATION
  2. From the IPL or Install the System menu, select option 3 (Use Dedicated Service Tools (DST). 
                              IPL or Install the System

   Select one of the following:  
            1. Perform an IPL
            2. Install the operating system
            3. Use DST
            4. Perform automatic installation of the operating system
            5. Save Licensed Internal Code
  3. On the DST Sign On display, sign on with the QSECOFR service tools ID and the password for the QSECOFR service tools user ID. 
                        DST Sign On

Type choices, press Enter.

  Service tools user . . . . . . . . . . . QSECOFR
  Service tools password . . . . . . . . .        _
  4. Change the password for the QSECOFR user profile on the resulting display, as the password is expired after the first use. 
                              Change Service Tools User Password

Service tools user profile name . . . . . :  QSECOFR
Password last changed . . . . . . . . . . :  02/05/01

Type choices, press Enter.
  Current password . . . . . . . . . . . .   _

  New password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

  New password (to verify) . . . . . . . .
  5. On the Use Dedicated Service Tools (DST) menu, select option 6, Select DST console mode. 
                              Use Dedicated Service Tools (DST)

   Select one of the following:  
        1. Perform an IPL
        2. Install the operating system
        3. Work with Licensed Internal Code
        4. Work with disk units
        5. Work with DST environment
        6. Select DST console mode
        7. Start a service tool
        8. Perform automatic installation of the operating system
        9. Work with save storage and restore storage
       10. Work with remote service support
  6. On the Select DST Console Mode display, select option 2 (Start DST debug mode on IPL). On the Select DST Console Mode display, select option 2 (Start DST debug mode on IPL). 
                                   Select DST Console Mode

   Attention: Incorrect use of DST debug mode can cause damage
   to data in this system.  Contact your service representative 
   for assistance.

   Select one of the following:

        1. Exit DST on IPL
        2. Start DST debug mode on IPL
  7. On the IPL or Install the System menu, choose option 1 (Perform an IPL). 
                              IPL or Install the System

   Select one of the following:  
            1. Perform an IPL
            2. Install the operating system
            3. Use DST
            4. Perform automatic installation of the operating system
            5. Save Licensed Internal Code
  8. On the Add All Disk Units to the System display, select option 1 (Keep the current disk configuration). 
                         Add All Disk Units to the System

   Select one of the following:  
    1. Keep the current disk configuration
    2. Perform disk configuration using DST
    3. Add all units to the system auxiliary storage pool (ASP)
    4. Add all units to the system ASP and balance data
  9. On the Install Required for Operating System display, press Enter to continue. 
                         Install Required for Operating System

   The system ASP has been cleared, which requires an install 
   of the operating system.

   To install the operating system , do the following:
    -  Load the install media in the device used to install the 
       operating system and make the device ready. 
    -  Press Enter when the device is ready to install the 
       operating system.

   -OR-

   Press F11 to display the dedicated service tools sign on or 
     main menu and not install the operating system.
  10. On the Select Type of IPL display, select option 2 (Step-mode IPL). 
                         Select Type of IPL

   Select one of the following:  
        1. Normal IPL
        2. Step-mode IPL
  11. Step through the IPL by pressing Enter. The last IPL step before you configure disk units is Storage Management Recovery. Press Enter on the Storage Management Recovery display shown below. 
                         Licensed Internal Code IPL in Progress

IPL:
  Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :  Attended
  Start date and time . . . . . . . . . . .:  00/00/00 00:00:00
  Previous system end . . . . . . . . . . .:  Abnormal

IPL step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :  Storage Management Recovery
  12. Stop at the resulting IPL step Start LIC Log display. 
                         Licensed Internal Code IPL in Progress

IPL:
  Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :  Attended
  Start date and time . . . . . . . . . . .:  00/00/00 00:00:00
  Previous system end . . . . . . . . . . .:  Abnormal

IPL step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :  Start LIC Log
  13. Open System i Navigator to begin disk unit configuration.
  14. In the Environmental tasks panel, click Open System i Navigator service tools window.
  15. Enter the system name or IP address on the resulting window.
  16. Expand your system > Disk Units.
  17. Right-click All Disk Units and select Add Disk Unit. The wizard will guide you through the process of adding disk units to disk pools and starting disk protection. Refer to a printed copy of your disk configuration to create all the necessary disk pools.
  18. When your disk unit configuration is complete, continue through the step mode IPL. Press Enter on all of the following IPL steps through Start the Operating System. After the IPL steps complete, the Install the Operating System menu appears:
                             Install the Operating System
 
Type options, press Enter.
 
     Install
       option . . . .  __              1=Take defaults (No other
                                         options are displayed)
                                       2=Change install options
 
Date:
  Year . . . . .  __                   00-99
  Month  . . . .  __                   01-12
  Day  . . . . .  __                   01-31
 
Time:
  Hour . . . . .  __                   00-23
  Minute . . . .  __                   00-59
  Second . . . .  __                   00-59

You have now completed disk unit configuration. Continue with the next step on your recovery checklist, which is restoring the operating system.

Parent topic: Recovering the Licensed Internal Code