Adam,
Assuming the process hasn't changed in 5.3, you can do a second-level
install from DVD. The process is much simpler than a first-level
install. It shouldn't matter at all that you're on a Flex system. The
FTP server can be on Windows, Linux, or anything else that can read a
DVD drive. In my case, we're not allowed to have FTP servers on our
desktops, so I use Samba to move the contents to a Linux guest, then use
vsftpd on the guest as my FTP server. This worked for installing 5.1
and 5.2. The only restriction is that your first-level system must be
z/VM 5.1 or later. Details are in the Guide for Automated Installation
and Service.
I can't speak to the licensing issues, but there's no technical reason
that you shouldn't be able to use a DVD.
Dennis O'Brien
The three R's of Windows problem resolution: Retry, Reboot, Reinstall.
-----Original Message-----
From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Adam Thornton
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 10:18
To: [email protected]
Subject: [IBMVM] Installing z/VM 5.3 on Flex-ES box
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
