Gotcha - have done the same thing and it's very handy... but - I'm looking for a solution that doesn't require a running z/VM system.. I want to restore the z/VM system from the DVD - much as when you do a z/VM install (which I assume does some type of image restore from images on the DVD?) ...
Scott On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 5:39 PM, Thomas Kern <[email protected]> wrote: > I tested dumping a small (5 3390-m9) system using CMSDDR to CMS files, > downloading them to a PC, burn to DVD. I took it to a DR exercise, > uploaded the files, CMSDDR VMARC and VMARC MODULE to the vendor's floor > system and restored my system, one volume at a time. Actual recovery > time from sitting at the master console to completing IPL of my system > was about 2.5 hours. If I was to do this as a real DR plan, I would have > more of MY code on the DVD and prep the floor system so I could run all > restores in parallel. > > /Tom Kern > > Scott Rohling wrote: > > Anyone ever use the HMC DVD to write some type of image (DDR? ZIP? > > whatever) file to restore an existing z/VM system? Not an install - but > > a restore.. Wondering if this is a possibility if we don't have tape > > drives on one site but want to restore an image from another site .. > > something that would be able to restore a couple of 3390-9 images and > > get us up and running.. > > > > Scott >
