
SSA Service Aid
This service aid provides tools for diagnosing and resolving problems on
Ÿ Set Service Mode
ŸLink Verification
ŸConfiguration Verification
ŸFormat and Certify Disk
Update Disk-Based Diagnostics
This | service | aid | allows fixes (APARs) to be applied. | |
This | task | invokes | the SMIT Update Software by Fix (APAR) task. You can install | |
any | APAR | using | this task. |
Update | System | or | Service | Processor | Flash |
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This selection updates the system or | service | processor | flash | for | CHRP | system | uni | |||||||||||||||||
Further | update | and | recovery instructions can be provided with the update. You n | |||||||||||||||||||||
to know | the fully | qualified | path | and | file name of the flash | update | image | file | ||||||||||||||||
provided. If | the | flash | update | image | file | is | on | a | diskette, | the | service | aid c | ||||||||||||
files on the diskette for selection. | The | diskette | must | be a | valid | backup | diskett | |||||||||||||||||
Refer | to | the | update instructions, | or | the | service | guide | for | the | system | unit | to | ||||||||||||
the | level | of | the | system | unit or | service | processor |
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When | this | service | aid is run from online diagnostics, the flash update | image | fil | |||||||||||||||||||
copied | to /varthefile | system. If | there | is | not | enough/var | filespacesystemin thefor |
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the | flash | update | image file, an error is reported. If | this | error | occurs, | exit | |||||||||||||||||
aid, | increase | the | size/var | fileof thesystem, | and | retry | the | service | aid. After | the | file |
is copied, a screen requests | confirmation | before continuing | with | the update flas | |||
Continuing the update | flash | reboots the systemshutdown |
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The system does not | return | to | diagnostics, | and | the current | flash | image is not sa |
After the reboot, you can | /var/updateremove _theflash_image |
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Chapter 6. Introducing Tasks and Service147 Aids