Originally posted by: rvanhelvoirt

Up to HMC V7R740 it was possible to upgrade your hmc through the Internet with the FTP site of IBM. The site was ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/server/hmc/updates/

Starting from version V7R750 iso images to achieve this are no longer available there. As we have a lot of remote customers for which we do remote systems management I wonder if there is still an option left to upgrade an HMC to V7R750 without using DVD's or USB sticks.

It does seem logical to me an option which used to be there and we have been using for years is removed without an alternative. Info Center did bring light into the darkness, but maybe I overlooked something.

Thanks in advance.

Greetings Rudi.
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Originally posted by: rvanhelvoirt

Sorry,

but in the sentence "It does seem logical to me an option which used to be there and we have been using for years is removed without an alternative. Info Center did bring light into the darkness, but maybe I overlooked something."

The word NOT is missing after does ;-))

It must be:

It does NOT seem logical to me an option which used to be there and we have been using for years is removed without an alternative. Info Center did bring light into the darkness, but maybe I overlooked something.
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Originally posted by: lech77

It looks like the updates are there:

lftp ftp.software.ibm.com:/software/server/hmc/updates> dir *750*
-rw-r--r-- 1 17037 209 2820233216 Aug 17 18:07 HMC_Update_V7R750_SP1.iso

CD/DVD images (.iso files) can be used directly for upgrade. This feature was introduced quite a long time ago.
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Originally posted by: rvanhelvoirt

The problem is that you can not upgrade directly from one version to another by using the HMC_Update_V7R740_SP1.iso image. It loosk as if you first need the base version.

Below the details of the error message:

HMC corrective service installation in progress. Please wait...
Corrective service file offload from remote server in progress...
The corrective service file offload was successful. Continuing with HMC service installation...
Verifying Certificate Information
Authenticating Install Packages
Installing Packages
===================================================== Installation of this update image requires HMC Version 7 Release 7.4.0 Unable to install this update image. =====================================================
Installation of this update image requires HMC Version 7 Release 7.4.0
Corrective service installation has failed.
View the HMC log for details.
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Originally posted by: lech77

It looks like you want to perform an upgrade, not an update. And you are right, an ISO image named "*Update*" cannot be used to perform upgrade.

Fortunately upgrading to higher version can be performed via network. See document http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1011375, section "Upgrading to V7R3.4 or higher from V6R1.3 Remotely".
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Originally posted by: rvanhelvoirt

Just finished the upgrade with the HMC_Update_V7R740.iso image. Discover that as always it is in the details. When following the Server Firmware and HMC Wizard which recently directs you to FixCentral, where you have to sort it out yourself. In the past the wizard came up with a page whre the links to the upgrades and fixes could be found.

In FixCentral the upgrade images are also there, but not selected by default. Instead of names of the files you now have a description, which makes it more difficult.

Thanks for the help.
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