Why do you need a op system to validate the I/O ? You should be able to see the CHPID's that are online and operating from the HMC The CE should be able to do this from single object mode or from service mode As mentioned if DASD looks OK, it is just a matter of accessing it You can build a new I/O gen standalone with just enough devices to get the system up This is all what if - being a lot of info was not supplied But if you can't just change the load address and IPL from a utility tape sounds like it can't even find the drive Which points to I/O config 3 dif utils can be tried ICKDSF only needs the tape drive and a console, same w/ DDR, or SA VM image Loader All depends how tape was created , if tape is in doubt maybe there is a orig install tape floating around, But once again was it install from tape or CD etc. lots of unknowns here
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Ed Finnell Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 8:06 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: z10 IPL from Utility Tape Think the key is get a working VM system by whatever means available. From there validate IO config. Attach a few devices and see if they've got any data. Make a z/OS guest with required devices and see if it will fly. In a message dated 5/7/2014 5:54:34 P.M. Central Daylight Time, jperr...@pacbell.net writes: If the original volume was not IPL'able, then maybe the IPL data got damaged. You could try updating the IPL data on the RES volume from the starter system. If in the worst case, you should still be able to re-use existing volumes. Hardware support told you the DS6800 is fine. Instead of purging and reconfigure, you should be able to retain the current volumes. If you have access to the existing user definitions, then you should be able to retain existing user volumes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
