Joe,
The simplest method to do a second-level install is to use an FTP server
on your PC to serve the DVD contents. If you're working from home, or
company policy prohibits FTP servers on PC's, here's an alternative. I
work from home, so it takes me several hours to upload the contents of
the DVD. We have several z/VM systems to upgrade, so I only want to do
the upload once. Here are the steps that I use:
0. Create a Linux guest with Samba and FTP services. We did this once,
and just keep the guest around between releases. If you're not ready to
create Linux guests, find a Linux system somewhere that you can use, or
there is at least one Linux distribution that boots a ready-to-run
system from a DVD (Gentoo?). I can't guarantee this will work, because
I don't know what's installed on the bootable DVD. The Novell starter
system might be another idea, but again, I don't know what services it
has.
1. Copy the DVD contents to a directory on my PC hard drive. Copy the
appropriate RSU files (CKD or FBA) into the same directory.
2. Map a network drive on my PC to a directory on a Linux guest using
Samba.
3. Use Windows cut-and-paste to move the files from my PC hard drive to
the Linux guest. The nice thing about cut-and-paste is that it's easy
to restart where I left off if my network connection gets dropped.
4. Perform a second-level DVD install using the Linux guest as an FTP
server. If you're prompted to insert the RSU disk, just say GO. The
RSU will get copied twice, but that isn't a problem.
Dennis O'Brien
"If I'd only followed CNBC's advice, I'd have $1 million today, provided
I'd started with $100 million." -- Jon Stewart
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From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of [email protected]
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 13:03
To: [email protected]
Subject: [IBMVM] VM 5.4 first/second level installation
List Members,
I can use some expert advice as a first time installer of z/VM. After
reading the Guide for Automated Installation and Service, I had decided
on using the Second-Level DVD Installation method from VM Minidisk.
Although, after making a simple calculation, I realized that it would
take me about 80 hours to upload all the DVD files to the First-Level
minidisk. Given that my 3270 emulation program (Extra) does not support
file lists, I decided to abandon this idea.
Since we do not have an FTP server attached to our VM systems I thought
that a First-Level DVD Installation from the HMC would make more sense.
My goal would be to install first-level and then test second-level. I am
not certain as to whether or not this sounds reasonable and if there is
some who would provide some guidance as to how this could be
accomplished. Pointing out a manual reference would be most helpful but
any and all suggestions are welcomed.
Joseph Di Pippo
Operating Systems Programmer III
FRIT Computing Services
Hardware Support
1-201-531-3820
