vHMC on x86 upgrade from V10R1M1010 to V10R3M1050

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Install pre-requisite fix, vMH70430

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hscroot@suapvhmc01:~> sha1sum vMF70430_x86.iso
e3d9450aea41d3e9aadb077bad752951dcd89a6e  vMF70430_x86.iso

hscroot@suapvhmc01:~> updhmc -t disk -f ./vMF70430_x86.iso -c
Verifying Certificate Information
Authenticating Install Packages
Installing Packages...
The corrective service file was successfully applied.

hscroot@suapvhmc01:~> hmcshutdown -r -t now
Broadcast message from root@suapvhmc01.localdomain (somewhere) (Wed Aug 14 10:1
The system is shutting down for reboot now.

hscroot@suapvhmc01:~> lshmc -V
"version= Version: 10
 Release: 1
 Service Pack: 1010
HMC Build level 2108131106
MF70430 - Required fix to network install/upgrade HMC to V10R2 M1030
","base_version=V10R1
"

Download network upgrade image

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https://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/server/hmc/network/v1050/x86/

Save Profile Data

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hscroot@suapvhmc01:~> lssyscfg -r sys -F type_model*serial_num | while read machine; do bkprofdata -m "$machine" -f Beforeupgrade$(date +%Y%m%d) ; done

Upgrade the HMC to V10R3M1050

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hscroot@suapvhmc01:~> getupgfiles -r sftp -h 192.168.233.183 -u root --passwd password -d /tmp/vhmc_10.3.1050/
Fetching network installation images...
Verifying network installation images...

Enable HMC alternative boot

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hscroot@suapvhmc01:~> chhmc -c altdiskboot -s enable --mode upgrade

Reboot vHMC

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hscroot@suapvhmc01:~>  hmcshutdown -t now -r
Broadcast message from root@suapvhmc01.localdomain (somewhere) (Wed Aug 14 10:5
The system is shutting down for reboot now.

Verify

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hscroot@suapvhmc01:~> lshmc -V
"version= Version: 10
 Release: 3
 Service Pack: 1050
HMC Build level 2310272020
","base_version=V10R3
"