Loading the system software
Once the system hardware is ready, you can use the hardware management
console (HMC) to load the system software. Consider
the following information for loading system software through the
HMC:
- This task is available in Operator, Advanced Operator, System Programmer, or Service Representative mode.
- Other products and documentation may refer to this operation as an initial program load (IPL).
- For daily or routine loading of images, you can customize activation profiles to specify how you want to load images, then use a profile with the Activate task to perform all the operations necessary to make an image operational, including loading it with a control program.
Load (except for a coupling facility image) causes a program to be read from a designated device and initiates the execution of that program. If the CPC is operating in logically partitioned (LPAR) mode, the logical partition is the target of the load. Otherwise, if the CPC is operating in basic mode, the CPC is the target of the load.
You can monitor IPL messages from the system, MCS (via a NIP console) or HMCS console. If you are loading the system software from an HMCS, you must first activate the HMCS by connecting the Integrated 3270 icon to the appropriate LPAR.
To perform a load, do the following:
- Open the Task List from the Views area.
- Open CPC Recovery from the Task List Work Area.
- Open Groups from the Views area.
- Open the group that contains the CPC image that you want to load.
- Select one object.
Load is considered a disruptive task. If the object is locked, you must unlock it before continuing.
- Drag and drop the selected object on Load in the CPC Recovery tasks area. The Load window is displayed with the information that was last used when the CPC image was loaded.
- Review the information on the window to verify that the object you will load is the correct one. If the information is correct, select the OK push button. The Load Task Confirmation window is displayed.
- Review the information on the window to verify that the object you will load is the correct one. If the information is correct, select the Yes push button. The Load Progress window displays indicating the progress of the load and the outcome.
- Select the OK push button to close the window when the load completes successfully. Otherwise, if the load does not complete successfully, follow the directions on the window to determine the problem and how to correct it.