We have the following doc in our build jobs - it's been part of our process for years. The relevant script is called BPXISETS and is part of the build of the version root setup. (Note we have a version root per LPAR currently ( but that is changing) and we have /etc and /var mounted with a separate version per system ) and. I also see that the serverpac jobs include a reference to the Migration Guide and using your customized versions of /etc and /var.
Now you have me hunting further doc on our process ! //* //* Unmount /service/etc AND /service/var //* //* This step unmounts the filesystems mounted at the //* /service/etc and /service/var mountpoints. //* //* Filesystem mountpoints have to be at directories. But when //* 'etc' and 'var' filesystems are mounted on a running system, //* they are NOT mounted at /etc and /var, they are mounted at //* '/&SYSNAME./etc' and '/&SYSNAME./var'. On the running //* system, /etc and /var must be dynamic symbolic links. //* //* Therefore, the job that builds the Version Root filesystems //* from /service must first convert /service/etc and //* /service/var to be symbolic links. In order to do this //* /service/etc and /service/var must be first unmounted. Jerry Whitteridge Lead Systems Programmer Safeway Inc. 925 951 4184 If you feel in control you just aren't going fast enough. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Zelden Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 11:13 AM To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu Subject: Re: installing serverpac for 1.13 using 1.11 system On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:49:04 -0600, Jerry Whitteridge <jerry.whitteri...@safeway.com> wrote: >In service mode the /etc and /var directories are supposed to be true directories so maintenance can be applied. When you clone them to become the running versions there is a script to run to switch to a symlink. Look in the doc for the Installation of the serverpac and at the server pac jobs. > I have never done this. You're correct that if maintenance hit my service directory /etc or /var it would update the live /etc or /var on the system I ran the APPLY on due to the symlinks. I didn't think that was an issue though (see #2 below). 1) Other than the RESTORE job documentation that states it converts /etc and /var to symlinks, I can't find another reference to changing them back and forth for maintenance / cloning etc. Can you point me to where this is documented. 2) I didn't think IBM ever serviced /etc or /var via maintenance. John Eells or Marna Walle (if you are lurking), can you comment on #2? Regards, Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS mailto:m...@mzelden.com Mark's MVS Utilities: http://www.mzelden.com/mvsutil.html Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN "Email Firewall" made the following annotations. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Warning: All e-mail sent to this address will be received by the corporate e-mail system, and is subject to archival and review by someone other than the recipient. This e-mail may contain proprietary information and is intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s). If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient(s), you are notified that you have received this message in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately. ============================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
