You mentioned DDR in your OP. Is this a z/VM system? AFAIK, a z10 can be IPL'ed from tape, ...z/OS *cannot*.
There are stand alone versions of ICKDSF (to init DASD) and DF/DSS to restore data. The load parms are different and the activation profile will need to be changed to ipl the stand alone's. Check the fine manuals (ICKDSF and df/DSS Storage Admin.) for details. <snip> I post very little here because I have little or no trouble with the 5 old IBM systems I administer though I do enjoy reading other people's posts. I can't say the same thing about the z10 system that I help with on occasion. I have posted on this system before - it is in Oklahoma City (OKC) and I'm in California. A power outage crashed the system a few weeks ago. The IT staff was unable to bring the system up after power was restored. Because the DS6800 was acting strange (wouldn't power off and storage manager wouldn't talk to it) IBM service was called and the hardware was deemed okay so we were told that the data on the disks was likely corrupted. Like the last time I posted about a problem with this system, they were getting an ACTZ0182 which said "Activation Complete Load Not Processed" when trying to do an activate (IPL). So I suggested they try and IPL the system from tape just to see if the system would come up. After the system was rebuilt since the last data corruption ordeal a utility tape was created along with a DDR backup of all of the system volumes. The activation profile was changed to aim at the address of the tape drive instead of the 610RES pack and an activate was tried with no luck. Note: this is how it's done on older systems like the P/390's I have so I was hoping it would be the same on the z10. </snip> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
