Timothy Sipples wrote:
Yes, installation services are available from IBM and service partners.
As John Eells points out, if you prefer to install z/OS from scratch in
house then you'd use the z/OS Customized Offerings Driver, available at no
additional charge with your z/OS license (assuming electronic delivery
anyway). This process should be reasonably well documented (or better) in
the "z/OS Planning for Installation" book. You can find the current version
of that publication (and much more) here:
http://www.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/installation/
IBM and service partners follow these same installation steps if they
perform the work.
In addition to the sources above, the Customized Offerings Driver comes
with documentation to lead you through the steps you must take to use
it. And of course, ServerPac comes with an Installing Your Order book
to get you through the installation jobs generated by the dialog, which
in turn is documented in ServerPac: Using the Installation Dialog.
z/OS Planning for Installation is your primary information source,
though, as Timothy says, and it should point to everything else you need
to look at.
Getting to the first "real" z/OS IPL is the easy part, though. While
some will probably disagree, I don't think it's truly all that difficult.
However, there are a lot of choices involved in setting up a z/OS system
for the first time so that you can make effective use of it. I will
echo what others have said here. Either hire experienced sysprogs &
admins or use contract services with IBM or others. It's definitely the
way to go. Spending more to get started is a wise investment, yielding
dividends in avoiding aggravation, time, and money later on.
--
John Eells
z/OS Technical Marketing
IBM Poughkeepsie
ee...@us.ibm.com
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