On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:17:16 -0000, Mark Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>This is where the questions arise and looking for some help or ideas as to >how to make this work or if not possible. > >We see the steps as: > > We believe we can build a Stand Alone (SA) DFDSS pgm in card image >form (BUILDSA) on the old system and FTP this across to a CMS user. > This user should be able to receive this card image as a CMS file >and "punch" it to the virtual reader. > We could then "IPL" from the reader on this zVM virtual machine > This then creates a IPL'd SA DFDSS environment > >This last and final part is the bit we are struggling with. We can create a >DFDSS full volume dump of the OnePak System to DISK and FTP it to the >zVM/CMS system on the z9. > >What I am struggling with is how to get the as input to the DFDSS SA program >from the zVM/CMS environment? a) There is no DFDSS SA program in CMS. b) You cannot IPL something FTP'd to a VM user's RDR. The spool file is in NETDATA format. Easiest is to 1) Dump your system to "tape" in awstape format on your Flex system 2) FTP the awstape file to CMS 3) Go get the CMS Pipelines Runtime Distribution (not the version that comes with z/VM) 4) PIPE < YOUR AWSTAPE | deblock awstape | tape to write it to a real tape drive. 5) Do the same thing with your ASWTAPE file that has DFDSS SA on it. 6) IPL the tape you just created. Restore the other tape to a disk volume. 7) IPL the disk volume Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
