Printing the server configuration when changing a hardware feature

Understand the steps you must complete to document your server. Documenting your server assists you in not only ensuring that your upgrade is successful. It can also help when troubleshooting if problems arise.

To ensure that the server is fully documented before you add, replace, or remove a hardware feature, perform these tasks:

  1. If you are changing the disk configuration, perform the following steps:
    1. If the source server is partitioned, print the disk configuration status from each logical partition of the server. Be sure to record the serial number of the load-source disk unit for each logical partition. See Printing disk configuration status for more information.
    2. If the source server is partitioned, print the hardware resource information from each logical partition of the server. Be sure to mark each printout for the logical partition it represents.

      You can use this information to analyze and plan for disk-unit configuration and protection. You can also use the information to correct any problems that occur during the upgrade. See Printing parity set configuration and status for more information.

  2. If you are changing a workstation, communications, or LAN, you need to collect information. Record the hardware resource information so that you can perform the necessary resource management after the hardware feature change is completed. Collect this information for each logical partition if your source server is partitioned. See Displaying, verifying, and printing hardware resource information for more information.
  3. Ensure that you create a System Plan of your source system. Complete the step 'Creating a System Plan' at Copying LPAR configuration.