Hi all, Related to the IODF activation order, i think we should first do SW only activation in all Lpars and SW-HW activation in the last one. The Lpars will be synchronized again when HW activation is finished.
If you are deleting devices and do a HW activate first, you will probably have device errors messages in Lpars where those deleted devices are defined. Just my guess Ituriel do Nascimento Neto z/OS System Programmer Em quinta-feira, 17 de março de 2022 16:19:08 GMT+1, David Spiegel <[email protected]> escreveu: Hi Allan, Why can't the user FTP the Batch Activate Job to all 28 LPARs? Regards, David On 2022-03-17 11:03, Allan Staller wrote: > Classification: Confidential > > I believe you are out of luck. Since these are all single-image systems, each > needs the IODF activated individually. > There is an option to activate an IODF "SYSPLEX WIDE", but only within the > sysplex. > > The 1st IODF should be activated as HW and SW. The remaining IODFs as > SOFTWARE only. > Don’t forget to go back and update the LOADxx members of SYS1.PARMLIB/IPLPARM > to ensure things don't get regressed at the next IPL. > > I don't have any better news. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Jason Cai > Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2022 5:44 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: How to simplify IODF activation > > [CAUTION: This Email is from outside the Organization. Unless you trust the > sender, Don’t click links or open attachments as it may be a Phishing email, > which can steal your Information and compromise your Computer.] > > Hi all > In our shop, there are more than 20 single image systems. When we want to >activate a production IODF, we have to logon to these 20 systems. > > Could we logon to one z/OS system to submit JOBs to activate the IODF for >these 20 systems. > > Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!!! > > Thanks a lot! > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ::DISCLAIMER:: > ________________________________ > The contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and > intended for the named recipient(s) only. E-mail transmission is not > guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, > corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or may contain viruses > in transmission. The e mail and its contents (with or without referred > errors) shall therefore not attach any liability on the originator or HCL or > its affiliates. Views or opinions, if any, presented in this email are solely > those of the author and may not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of > HCL or its affiliates. Any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, > disclosure, modification, distribution and / or publication of this message > without the prior written consent of authorized representative of HCL is > strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please delete > it and notify the sender immediately. Before opening any email and/or > attachments, please check them for viruses and other defects. > ________________________________ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
