Web installed inventory download procedure from within PCAS400

Note #1:  For this procedure to work, you must have minimum browser levels of V4.08 for Netscape and V4.01 for Explorer.

Note #2:  On-order MESes will only be applied if an inventory retrieval is launched from within PCAS400 using the AAS/MRDB Retrieve option.

1.	Under the Transfer drop-down menu, click on AAS/MRDB Retrieve/Reconcile... to begin a download from a browser host.
2.	Ignore any “error in file processing” message.
3.	The Base Retrieval application box will appear.  Under the Options drop-down menu, click on Retrieve source..., and then click on Browser host, followed by OK.  (This choice is “sticky” and will stay as chosen until you change it.)
4.	Under the Retrieve drop-down menu, click on Retrieve from host...
5.	Choose (or simply confirm) which browser you want to use.  A new browser session will be started with the web site you selected when you installed the retrieval software (usually ViewBlue for IBM, and IBMLINK for business partners). 
6.	Sign on to ViewBlue or IBMLINK in the usual way.
7.	If you are usingViewBlue, click on Configurators.  If you are using IBMLINK, click on OrderLink.
8.	Click on Instinventory.
9.	Wait for the Inventory Retrieval box to be superimposed.
10.	Click the drop-down arrow on the highest box.
11.	Click on Retrieve by product type.
12.	Enter product type and serial number.  
13.	BE SURE TO click on Retrieve all system data.
14.	DO NOT click on Do not show data (save in .CFR). 
15.	Click on OK.  Wait a few seconds.  Wait for new screen to be superimposed.
16.	Click on Edit.  Then click on Select all.
17.	Click on Selected.  Then click on Include (in Summary).
18.	Click on the Summary button (at the bottom).
19.	Go back to first window (titled Inventory Retrieval).
20.	Click the drop-down arrow on the highest box.
21.	This time click on Retrieve SW by designated CPU.  This will sometimes pick up additional software.  (If it comes up empty, with a “The Server did not find any data matching your request” message, just click on OK, return to the Inventory Retrieval: Summary window, and go on with step 27.)
22.	Enter product type and serial number exactly as before.
23.	Click on OK.  Wait a few seconds.  Wait for new screen to be superimposed. 
24.	Click on Edit.  Then click on Select all.
25.	Click on Selected.  Then click on Include (in Summary).
26.	Click on the Summary buttom (at the bottom).
27.	Look over summary list and remove any products you do not want from the list (highlight product, click on Selected, click on Exclude).
28.	Click on File.
29.	Click on Show report (in browser).
30.	When report appears, print it LANDSCAPED using the browser’s print function.
31.	Close report window.
32.	Return to Inventory Retrieval: Summary window.
33.	Click on File.
34.	Click on Save CFREPORT and choose To disk.
35.	You will immediately get a message, “The CFREPORT has been saved on your computer.  The applet will now close.”  (Note that you do not get a chance to name the file yourself at this point.  Also, what has been saved on your computer is not really a .CFR file yet.)  Click on OK. (If you don’t click on OK, no harm will be done, but a lot of open boxes won’t close until you do.) 
36.	Now a box will appear titled No MRDB data retrieved from the host.  It contains the message “Select OK to continue with the AAS data.”  Click on OK.  A box appears that asks you to rename the file named LASTRET to something else.  Overtype LASTRET with a new name.  Click on OK.
37.	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.
38.	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.)
39.	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. 
40.	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.
41.	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.
42.	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.