You can't install z/VM from DVD then download and install MVS? On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 9:30 AM, McKown, John <[email protected]> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin >> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 9:25 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: When will MVS be able to use cheap dasd >> >> On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 09:11:05 -0400, John Eells wrote: >> >> >Timothy Sipples wrote: >> ><snip> >> >> May I also point out that tape is no longer required to >> load z/OS. Thus it >> >> is now possible to configure and use a new mainframe with >> z/OS but without >> >> any tape drives. >> ><snip> >> > >> Installing from the optical drive in the HMC? From the Internet? >> >> >While we will of course work with anyone to get them going >> if necessary, >> >and although we do have this capability to a very limited >> degree today, >> >the DVD support for the Customized Offerings Driver that >> will make this >> >function available to everyone is not planned to be >> generally available >> >until 1Q11. >> >> -- gil > > I don't think you can from the HMC. I got z/OS 1.10 via an Internet download > from ShopzSeries. Of course, it required a compatable z/OS running on a z in > order to do the install. I don't think there is a "from scratch" way to > install a z/OS system on a z which is not already running z/OS. There is an > order option for getting a "driver system" from IBM, but I don't know > anything else on that subject. > > -- > John McKown > Systems Engineer IV > IT > > Administrative Services Group > > HealthMarkets(r) > > 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 > (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-691-6183 cell > [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or > proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and > issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake > Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of > TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html >
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