Mark, You've indicated that you have 8 systems in a sysplex does that mean 8 CEC or 8 z/OS systems? How many CEC's do you have? Are you doing POR for each CEC? In the RESET profile you point to the IOCDS slot that you'll POR from. In SYS1.IPLPARM(LOADxx) you should specify "**" in columns 10 & 11. This will cause the latest POR activated IODF to be read. Word of caution, if you don't share DASD between each of the systems, make sure you have the same IODF accessible to each system. You may need to DUMP, FTP, RESTORE to get it to the other systems.
If you can dynamically activate, you'll want to do software activates on all but one LPAR, this is where you'll want to do a hardware activate. If you're unable to do a dynamic hardware activate then it's POR time. Hope this helps. Ken Mazer -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mark Jacobs Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 10:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: IODF Activation Question We have 8 systems in a sysplex that share a single IODF dataset, all dynamic IODF activation's occur in this sysplex. I'm looking to perform HCD changes that can't be dynamically activated, each system will need to be IPLed with the new IODF. Once I do so however, the hardware and software IODF will be out of sync. How do I get them back in sync? Sent from [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com), Swiss-based encrypted email. GPG Public Key - https://api.protonmail.ch/pks/lookup?op=get&[email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
