I'll also add that when I tried making the install media in $INST$ $FILE$ indicate "DVD", the INSTVM exec ran a little, but in the step when it builds the USER DIRECT C from USERDIR TEMPLATE C the USER DIRECT file ends up empty, so there is obviously something wrong. I'mnot sure I want to get any deeper at this point... And, at this point in the system build, I don't have any of the normal service components (just skeleton directory) so I cannot apply the downloaded RSU that I have... May be time to open a problem with IBM... But that will probably end up delaying the install another day...
Mike C. M. (Mike) Hammock Sr. Technical Support IBM System Z Solutions Mainline Information Systems (404) 643-3258 [email protected] "Michael MacIsaac" <[email protected] To om> "[email protected]" Sent by: The IBM <[email protected]> z/VM Operating cc System <[email protected] Subject ARK.EDU> Re: First install of 5.4: 2 questions 01/14/2009 09:53 AM Please respond to The IBM z/VM Operating System <[email protected] ARK.EDU> Mike, > 1. It seems to me that in the past the product package as shipped from > IBM included the latest RSU on whatever media the system was ordered on > (in our case, DVD). But there was no RSU in any form in the shipment. Really? Are you *sure* that there weren't two DVDs in the case? As long as I've been installing VM from DVD and writing about it (5.1-5.4), I have always received two DVD discs. INSTDVD copies the majority of the first DVD, then asks for the second and copies the first RSU to the MAINT 500 disk. In the Virtualization Cookbook, we wrote this step: "You are asked to place the system RSU in the drive. Insert the "z/VM Stacked Recommended Service Upgrade 5401" DVD into the HMC DVD-ROM drive" One time Somebody told me that the second DVD can be skipped if you plan to put a later RSU on. Well that didn't work - I had to configure TCPIP to get the next RSU over to MAINT 500. Well things went downhill from there because TCPIP was configured incorrectly by running on a system without the RSU shipped with the media (I'm pretty sure that was 5.3). We ended up reinstalling from scratch. The lesson I took away from that exercise is to always-always-always use both DVDs when installing VM via INSTDVD. So if you don't have the second RSU disc, I'd recommend getting it, and installing again. (but I don't speak for IBM). Hope this helps. "Mike MacIsaac" <[email protected]> (845) 433-7061 __________________________________________________________ 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]
