vHMC on x86 upgrade from V9R2M950 to V10R1M1010

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Download network upgrade image

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https://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/server/hmc/network/v1010/x86/

Verify the upgrade image

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root@temp02:/tmp/vhmc_10.1.1010 # ls -l
total 9770424
-rw-r--r--    1 root     system   1357365248 Aug 12 12:16 base.img
-rw-r--r--    1 root     system   3559788544 Aug 12 12:24 disk1.img
-rw-r--r--    1 root     system           55 Aug 12 12:24 hmcnetworkfiles.sum
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     system      9480560 Aug 12 12:24 img2a
-rw-r--r--    1 root     system     75816025 Aug 12 12:25 img3a

root@temp02:/tmp/vhmc_10.1.1010 # sum *
25478 1325552 base.img
09703 3476356 disk1.img
26206     1 hmcnetworkfiles.sum
51357  9259 img2a
48043 74040 img3a

Save Partition Profile of all management servers

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hscroot@suapvhmc02:~> lssyscfg -r sys -F type_model*serial_num | while read machine; do bkprofdata -m "$machine" -f Beforeupgrade$(date +%Y%m%d) ; done

Save vHMC Upgrade Data

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hscroot@suapvhmc02:~> saveupgdata -r disk
Generating archives of subsystem files...

Upgrade the vHMC

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hscroot@suapvhmc02:~> getupgfiles -r sftp -h 192.168.233.183 -u root --passwd password -d /tmp/vhmc_10.1.1010/
Fetching network installation images...
Verifying network installation images...

Enable alternative boot

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hscroot@suapvhmc02:~> chhmc -c altdiskboot -s enable --mode upgrade

Reboot vHMC

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hscroot@suapvhmc02:~> hmcshutdown -t now -r
Broadcast message from root@suapvhmc02 (somewhere) (Tue Aug 13 17:06:30 2024):
The system is shutting down for reboot now.

Verify the new vHMC version

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hscroot@suapvhmc02:~> lshmc -V
"version= Version: 10
 Release: 1
 Service Pack: 1010
HMC Build level 2108131106
","base_version=V10R1
"