I did a RSU this past weekend, and applied the PSP service on top of that ( which was automatically shipped when order RSU ) needed for Z/10 to Z/196 upgrade ( opted for it on 3592 cart ) all went well, I made sure I had a few dif types of back up's before started, ie: copied res to spare volume, also dumped to cartridge DDR etc. used GC24-6099-05 Guide for Automated Installation and Service ( VM 5.4 ) And there is good advice from list
z/VM Version 5 Release 4.0, service level 1003 (64-bit) Generated at 02/13/11 09:36:11 CST IPL at 02/13/11 09:42:36 CST Augie Billy Bingham <billy.bingham839 @suddenlink.net> To Sent by: The IBM IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU z/VM Operating cc System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.U Subject ARK.EDU> z/VM PSP Buckets 02/16/2011 11:44 AM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.U ARK.EDU> All, Having never applied service of any kind to z/VM, what would be a WAG to apply say PSP or any hardware buckets. Thanks, Billy