Copying Kernel of a 710 system to a different LPAR

[Former Member]

I'm using note 1097637 for doing this and am hoping to use option 1. It seems quite straight forward, but it's just not working out for me.

I'm in the /sapmnt/<SID>/exe directory and am running the SAPCAR PARMLIST('-cvf /home/<SID>ADM/SAPKERNEL.SAR') command but it is returning a SAPCAR: no files given for archiving (error 29).

It feels like I am missing something, but unsure what it is. Option 1 seems so much easier than 2 and having to FTP it to the other LPAR and going through the patching process.

Any help on this one would be a great help. Thanks,

Ryan

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Ryan,

Yes you a right, you are just missing something small if you entering the statement exactly as shown in your message:

The command is not SAPCAR PARMLIST('-cvf /home/&lt;SID&gt;ADM/SAPKERNEL.SAR')

it is SAPCAR PARMLIST('-cvf /home/&lt;SID&gt;ADM/SAPKERNEL.SAR .')

The 'dot' before the apostrophe is very important in this context, as it specifies that you want to create an archive from the contents of the current directory.

Hope this helps.

Sally Power

For SAP on IBM i Development Support

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

I thank you for the quick response. You are exactly right; I corrected my command and it worked as designed.

Much respect,

Ryan

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thank you Sally - I had the same issue and this worked perfectly

[markus_doehr2]

> SAPCAR PARMLIST('-cvf /home/<SID>ADM/SAPKERNEL.SAR') command but it is returning a SAPCAR: no files given for archiving (error 29).

You told the system:

Create a SAR file of the following components:

but you did not say WHAT components

If you read the note, you'll see that you omitted the "dot" after the "SAPKERNEL.SAR".

SAPCAR PARMLIST('-cvf /home/<SID>ADM/SAPKERNEL.SAR .''

Markus