Why and what do you (as in the VM community) feel the problem is? Thanks Mace
-----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Jones Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 3:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: OT: Installing z/VM 5.3 on Flex-ES box No, I do not.... Macioce, Larry wrote: > Does anyone think that IBM and FLEX will resolve their issues? I know > of a company getting ready to get rid of their 800(going to windoze > boxes) and I was going to suggest the FLEX solution but with all the > problems I can't do it. > > Thanks > Mace > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Mike Hammock > Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 3:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Installing z/VM 5.3 on Flex-ES box > > FLEX-ES version 7.0.7 does have the support necessary to install > directly > from a DVD (with no FTP session involvement) on a FLEX-ES system. > I have a procedure available which will load the zVM 5 CP Nucleus and > ramdisk into memory and initiate the install process. I have used this > procedure to install zVM 5.2 on a zFrame system and I suspect it will > work > for 5.3, but of course I don't have a copy of that to try yet. > > So, any PWD customer with Version 7.0.7 of FLEX-ES can (probably) > install > zVM 5.3 directly from DVD. Note that this is a fairly small > 'community'.... > > - It will only work for PWD customers (since 64 bit support is required > for > zVM 5 and that is only available to PWD users). > - It will only work for Version 7.0.7 and relatively few PWD customers > are > on that release. Most PWD customers are on Ver 6. And, before you ask, > FSI will/can not upgrade Ver 6 PWD users to Ver 7. > > If you are a PWD customer running FLEX-ES ver 7.0.7, send me an email > and > I'll send you the procedure for installing zVM from DVD. > > If you are a PWD customer running FLEX-ES ver 7.0.x (x being > something > less than '7') contact your reseller about getting a refresh to 7.0.7. > Once you get that installed, contact me for the zVM DVD install > procedure. > > Please.. (PLEASE!) don't ask for the procedure or to get your FLEX > version > upgrade unless you are really going to use it. Getting and installing > the > upgrade takes time and effort... > > Mike > > C. M. (Mike) Hammock > Sr. Technical Support > zFrame & IBM zSeries Solutions > (404) 643-3258 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Adam Thornton > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > mine.net> > To > Sent by: The IBM [email protected] > > z/VM Operating > cc > System > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject > ARK.EDU> Installing z/VM 5.3 on Flex-ES > box > > > > > 06/19/2007 01:18 > > PM > > > > > > Please respond to > > The IBM z/VM > > Operating System > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ARK.EDU> > > > > > > > > > > So, I presume we're going to want z/VM 5.3 on our Flex box when it's > available. > > We *do* have a deskside 3480/3490 drive, so we can use that if we > must. But it's slow and kind of cranky. > > I was wondering whether it ought to be possible, instead, to do a DVD > install. As I understand it, on a real zSeries (do I mean System Z? > I get confused) box, all that basically does is start an FTP server > on the HMC and then allow the installing VM instance to FTP stuff over. > > The Flex box has (or can trivially have) an FTP server on it. It > would be a whole lot less unpleasant to just mount the DVD (or copy > the files off the DVD onto the Flex host) than it would to deal with > real magtape. Is this likely to work? > > Adam > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole > use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, distribution or > disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended > recipient (or authorized to receive for the recipient), please contact > the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. To > reply to our email administrator directly, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----------------------------------------- > ******************************************************************** > The information transmitted is intended solely for the individual > or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential > and/or > privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or > other use of or taking action in reliance upon this information by > persons or entities other than the intended recipient is > prohibited. If you have received this email in error please contact > the sender and delete the > material from any computer. > ******************************************************************** -- DJ V/Soft
