Finding if the Last IPL was an Attended IPL

If you need to know if the last IPL was an attended IPL (in other words, perhaps because some PTFs did not apply), follow these steps:

1. Sign on the IBM OS/400, i5/OS or i.

2. Print the report on time spent during the last IPL:

CALL PGM(QSYS/QWCCRTEC)

Press the Enter key.

3. Display the report generated by program QSYS/QWCCRTEC:

DSPSPLF FILE(QPSRVDMP) SPLNBR(*LAST)

Press the Enter key.

4. Look at the report for the date and time corresponding to the XPF PWRDWN phase and write it down:

Display Spooled File
File . . . . . : QPSRVDMP Page/Line 1/1
Control . . . . . ________ Columns 1 - 130
Find . . . . . . ______________________________
*...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7....+....8....+....9....+....0....+....1....+....2....+....3
5761SS1 V6R1M0 080215 System i5 DUMP 213064/QSECOFR/QPADEV000B 01/13/09 17:54:19 PAGE 1
PAGE 2
OBJECT TYPE- SPACE *QTSP
NAME- QWCSRCDATAOUTPUT TYPE- 19 SUBTYPE- EF
CREATION- 01/13/09 17:54:19 SIZE- 000000A000
ATTRIBUTES- 0000 ADDRESS- D74C8C70E5 000000
SPACE ATTRIBUTES-
000000 00FFF000 00000074 19EFD8E6 C3E2D9C3 C4C1E3C1 D6E4E3D7 E4E34040 40404040 * 0 È ÕQWCSRCDATAOUTPUT *
000020 40404040 40404040 40020000 00000000 00009000 00100000 00000000 00000000 * ° *
000040 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 * *
000060 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00FFF000 * 0 *
SPACE-
000000 E7D7C640 D7E6D9C4 E6D54040 404040F0 F161F1F3 61F0F940 F1F77AF3 F17AF0F0 *XPF PWRDWN 01/13/09 17:31:00*
000020 0000C4F9 F0F000F2 F7F4F000 000000F0 F161F1F3 61F0F940 F1F77AF3 F17AF0F0 * D900 2740 01/13/09 17:31:00*
000040 0000C4F9 F0F000F2 F7F5F000 000000F0 F161F1F3 61F0F940 F1F77AF3 F17AF0F1 * D900 2750 01/13/09 17:31:01*
000060 0000C4F9 F0F000F2 F7F7F000 000000F0 F161F1F3 61F0F940 F1F77AF3 F17AF0F1 * D900 2770 01/13/09 17:31:01*
000080 0000C4F9 F0F000F2 F7F8F000 000000F0 F161F1F3 61F0F940 F1F77AF3 F17AF0F1 * D900 2780 01/13/09 17:31:01*
0000A0 0000C4F9 F0F000F2 F7F9F000 000000F0 F161F1F3 61F0F940 F1F77AF3 F17AF0F4 * D900 2790 01/13/09 17:31:04*
0000C0 0000C4F9 F0F000F2 F7C3F000 000000F0 F161F1F3 61F0F940 F1F77AF3 F17AF0F4 * D900 27C0 01/13/09 17:31:04*
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5. Query the system history log looking for messages CPF0905 (Attended IPL in progress) and CPF0997 (Attended IPL after
abnormal system ending), beginning at the date and time that match with the XPF PWRDWN phase:

DSPLOG PERIOD(('17:31:00' '01/13/09')) MSGID(CPF0905 CPF0997)

Press the Enter key.

6. You will see something like this:

Display History Log Contents

Attended IPL in progress.
















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Press Enter to continue.

F3=Exit F10=Display all F12=Cancel


7 Finally, if you press F1 over the message, you will see message details:

Additional Message Information

Message ID . . . . . . : CPF0905 Severity . . . . . . . : 60
Message type . . . . . : Information
Date sent . . . . . . : 01/13/09 Time sent . . . . . . : 17:37:07

Message . . . . : Attended IPL in progress.
Cause . . . . . : The operating system started attended after a normal
system ending.









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Press Enter to continue.

F3=Exit F6=Print F9=Display message details F12=Cancel
F21=Select assistance level