VM installed inventory download procedure from within PCAS400

Note:  On-order MESes will only be applied if an inventory retrieval is launched from within PCAS400 using the AAS/MRDB Retrieve option.

1.	Sign onto HONE (IBMers) or IBMLINK (Business Partners) in the usual way.  Stop at the main screen.  (You need a command line to process the download commands coming from the PC.)
2.	Under the PCAS400 Transfer drop-down menu, click on AAS/MRDB Retrieve/Reconcile... to begin a download.
3.	Ignore any “error in file processing” message.
4.	The Base Retrieval application box will appear.  Under the Options drop-down menu, click on Retrieve source..., and then click on VM host, followed by OK.  (This choice is “sticky” and will stay as chosen until you change it.)
5.	Under the Retrieve drop-down menu, click on Retrieve from host...
6.	Choose (or simply confirm) which VM host session you want to use.  If you are using PASSPORT, it’s usually “A.”  Click on OK.
7.	Wait for the VM Retrieval Options screen to appear.
8.	Change the retrieval option to 3 Retrieve by Product Type, and press enter.
9.	Enter your  product type and serial number.  Make sure Retrieve all system data is Y, and Software license type is A.  Press enter.   
10.	Wait a few seconds for the Individual Retrieval Data - Upgrade screen to appear.  Press F4=Select All.  Press enter.
11.	When the screen changes, press F2=Retrieve to begin a second pull.
12.	The Retrieval Options screen will reappear.  This time just press enter to Retrieve SW by Designated CPU. 
13.	When the Retrieve SW By Designated CPU screen appears, enter  your product type and serial number just as before.  Make sure Software license type is A.  Press enter.
14.	Wait a few seconds for the Individual Retrieval Data - Upgrade screen to appear.  Press F4=Select All.  Press enter.
15.	On the Selected Inventory Summary - Upgrade screen, look over the list and remove any products you do not want in your base.  (Type a “d” in the action column next to the product.  Press enter and they will disappear.)  It’s a good idea to remove any hardware products you know are no longer running on the box, and any software products that should have been discontinued as the result of previous upgrades. 
16.	When you have only the products  you want in your base, press F10=Print.  Keep pressing enter to print a report of all the installed products in your list complete with install dates and feature codes.  (You may prefer to sort by Type-Mod Serial..)
17.	When the Selected Inventory Summary - Upgrade screen reappears with “Print request complete,” press enter one more time to begin the download to your PC. 
18.	Be patient.  In time, a box will appear titled Reconcile the retrieved data?  Click on Use AAS as the base configuration?  Click on OK.
19.	A box appears that asks you to rename the file named LASTRET to something else.  Overtype LASTRET with a new name.  Click on OK.
20.	Only if appropriate, a box will appear showing on-order new orders and on-order MESes.  All will be applied by default, and you can have them not applied if you wish.  When OK with you, minimize this box.
21.	A box will always appear showing the grouping of the installed hardware and software.  Everything you want to include in your base system should be under CPU 1.  To move items around, click on them, and then click on Selected/Remove or Selected/Assign.  (Experiment-- this can be fun.)  Items will be removed from or assigned to whatever notebook tab is at the front.  When all is correct, minimize this box.  (You may not have to do anything at all here, but look under each tab to make sure.)
22.	Now you should see the Base Retrieval - Previously Retrieved Data screen.  The line with the tiny gift icon next to it should be highlighted.  Click on the Selected drop-down menu.  Click on Generate.  You should see the same file name you overtyped several steps ago.  Click on OK. 
23.	A box appears which says, “This retrieval file can now be returned to the configurator to serve as the base for an upgrade.”  Click on OK.
24.	A box MAY appear which says, “You have not saved the configuration since the most recent changes.  Select Yes to save the latest updates...”  If you get this box, click on Yes.
25.	Validation will start immediately.  After you have validated your base, be sure to save it as a .CFR file*, as you do not yet have a .CFR file until you do this!

*Partnerline does not recommend saving a base file as a .WIP file unless a base system must be saved with errors in order to submit a Feedback.