FSFC Features and Upgrades - 5.1

PowerHA Tools for IBM i 5.1 is now available for all customers current on maintenance. It has all the features and fixes from prior releases, and adds the following:

• 53233: Compatibility updates for IBM i OS 7.5

• 53031: PowerVS FSFC supports re-using target VM with multiple source VM.

• 55006: PowerVS FSFC performance improvements (async delete, bulk attach)

• 56361: New command: WRKCLDVOL

• 52509: SETUPFSFC changes to control configuration migrations

• 46823: Improved support for iSCSI devices

• 55079: New command: STRCLDPVM

• 55346: New commands: DSPCLDCLN, DLTCLDCLN, DLTCLDVOL

• 57304: Controller logs will show time offset from production LPARs

• 55614: Remote FSFC allows custom timeout

• 57304: Controller logs will show time offset from production LPARs

• 54874: Improved BRMS Xfer times with *CHGONLY (commitment control changes)

• 46823: PowerVS DSI VTL automation

Upgrading to 5.1 is only recommended from version 4.6 - upgrading from any other release will require manually re-creating all WRKCSE, WRKCSEDTA and WRKCSECRDL entries. Use the following command to display the version and build date:

DSPDTAARA DTAARA(QZRDHASM/BUILD)

All the controllers and source LPARs in a cluster must be at the same version (i.e. 5.1). We strongly recommend that they also all be at the same build date. The version and build date is stored in data area QZRDHASM/BUILD.

The 5.1 controllers will support non-cluster source LPARs running at 4.6 or 5.1, which facilitates upgrading source LPARs in stages.

1. Ensure the controllers are at 4.6 before proceeding.
2. Ensure no STRFSFLASH or STRFLASH or SWCSE commands are in process.
3. End the toolkit subsystem:

   
   ENDSBS QZRDFSR *IMMED

4. Generate a text file with all of the WRKCSE / WRKCSEDTA information:

   
   QZRDHASM/DMPINF ENV(*ALL) EXTDLOGS(*NO)

5. Save the DDD information:

   
   MKDIR '/tmp/ddd46backups'
   QZRDHASM/SAVDDD PATH('/tmp/ddd46backups')

6. On each controller, issue the restore command:

   
   RSTLIB SAVLIB(QZRDHASM) DEV(*SAVF) SAVF(QGPL/QZRDHASM51) MBROPT(*ALL) ALWOBJDIF(*COMPATIBLE) OMITOBJ((QZRDHASM/*ALL *DTAQ))

7. Update to the most recent Secure Java JAR file.
   Download it from here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/jsch/files/jsch.jar/0.1.55/jsch-0.1.55.jar/download
   Place it on all controllers in /QIBM/Qzrdhasm/ssh/
   Then update the links:

   RMVLNK OBJLNK('/QIBM/Qzrdhasm/ssh/jsch.jar') 
   ADDLNK NEWLNK('/QIBM/Qzrdhasm/ssh/jsch.jar') OBJ('/QIBM/Qzrdhasm/ssh/jsch-0.1.55.jar') 

8. On each controlling partition issue the setup command:

   
   SETUPFSFC NODEROLE(*CTL) MIGRATE(*YES)