Thank you Kris. I installed vtam using a separate userid and a ppf override.
I was going through the part explaining how to create the segment when your email arrived. I think I am good to go now. _______________________ Jim Hughes 603-271-5586 "Impossible is just an opinion." "Your career is what you're paid for, your calling is what you're made for." =>-----Original Message----- =>From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On =>Behalf Of Kris Buelens =>Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 3:25 PM =>To: [email protected] =>Subject: Re: Another VTAM and SFS Installation question => =>Some day you'd need to learn a bit about VMSES/E... It is not that hard =>once you get the basics. => =>When installing from tape, you are asked if you want to make an override =>or accept the defaults. With a good response, a panel will be displayed =>where you can define the minidisk/SFS dir to install the stuff in. No =>VMSES/E skills required so far.. Remember too that you don't need to =>install program products in the userid IBM write in the program directory. => I never do. You also do not need to log on to these difficult to =>remember userids. Everything can be done from MAINT for example. It is =>however best to not to use the same mindisk addresses for multiple program =>products (if you install in SFS, you'll almost surely use unique dirids.) => =>For VTAM: beware the name of the saved segment. The program directory =>contains a step to create the saved segment (using VMFSGMAP), there you =>can change the name segment. Note too that you will need to generate =>another GCS to pick up the new VTAM segment name. => =>Kris, =>IBM Belgium, VM customer support => => => => =>"Hughes, Jim - OIT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =>Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System <[email protected]> =>2006-06-08 17:34 =>Please respond to =>The IBM z/VM Operating System => => =>To =>[email protected] =>cc => =>Subject =>Re: Another VTAM and SFS Installation question => => => => => =>We have a new ZVM 5.2 system. The VTAM we are using came from ZVM 3.1 =>minidisks. => =>We have a product tape with VTAM on it. We want to load this VTAM from =>tape to disk and not disturb what we already have in production. => =>How would I go about doing this? => =>Thanks for the reply. => =>_______________________ =>Jim Hughes =>603-271-5586 =>"Impossible is just an opinion." =>"Your career is what you're paid for, your calling is what you're made =>for." => =>=>-----Original Message----- =>=>From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] =>On =>=>Behalf Of Stracka, James (GTI) =>=>Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 11:28 AM =>=>To: [email protected] =>=>Subject: Re: Another VTAM and SFS Installation question =>=> =>=>Jim, =>=> =>=>I do not understand the "from tape" comment. To preserve your current =>=>VM/VTAM environment and create a new one, you need to create a new =>GCSx =>=>NSS to use a new VTAMy DCSS along with new VTAM and VSCS LOADLIBs. =>=> =>=>Jim =>=> =>=>-----Original Message----- =>=>From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] =>On =>=>Behalf Of Hughes, Jim - OIT =>=>Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 11:08 AM =>=>To: [email protected] =>=>Subject: Another VTAM and SFS Installation question =>=> =>=> =>=>If what I really want to accomplish is to leave my current VTAM =>=>installation intact and use VM/SES to load another copy of VTAM from =>=>tape without disturbing my existing copy. =>=> =>=>I am not VM/SES fluent and any advice is appreciated. =>=> =>=>Regards, =>=> =>=>_______________________ =>=>Jim Hughes =>=>"Impossible is just an opinion." =>=>"Your career is what you're paid for, your calling is what you're made =>=>for." =>=>-------------------------------------------------------- =>=> =>=>If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, please notify the =>=>sender, delete it and do not read, act upon, print, disclose, copy, =>retain =>=>or redistribute it. Click here for important additional terms relating =>to =>=>this e-mail. http://www.ml.com/email_terms/ =>=>--------------------------------------------------------
