On Thu, 24 May 2007 09:34:54 -0500, Nasuh KARAHALLI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Dear Listers, > >From an z/OS V1R8 LPAR, could it be possible to restore z/OS V1R4 full system >volumes from the tape to the newly initialized (with z/OS V1R8 ICKDSF) >volumes and then IPL z/OS V1R4 operating system from a different LPAR ? As >a second question, we know that with z/OS 1.4 we cannot use z/OS 1.8 IODF >so could we use z/OS 1.8 IODF text file from z/OS 1.4 as an input file to >produce z/OS 1.4 production IODF? The reason that I'm asking these question >is that we are in the process of a test case to reinstall z/OS 1.4 by using >z/OS 1.8 as a driver system, by the way we intend to use IODF of z/OS 1.8 >on z/OS 1.4. > Regarding the IODF - OA08197 will let a z/OS 1.4 system IPL with a V5 IODF. If your 1.4 system had HCD FMID HCS7708 installed, OA07875 will allow your 1.4 system to view and dynamically activate the V5 IODF. IIRC, if you had used a z990 you needed to upgrade to HCS7708 from whatever 1.4 came with. HTH, Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group: G-ITO mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] z/OS and OS390 expert at http://searchDataCenter.com/ateExperts/ Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
