Martin--I thought you'd have a bunch of responses, but seeing none, I'll chime in on a couple of your questions.
1) In my opinion, you're better off using the same DIRECTORY and SYS CONFIG at DR. It's easy to let your DR DIRECTORY and SYS CONFIG files get out of sync with the production files. 2) If the page volumes aren't there, it is PROBABLY not a problem. At a DR site, you most likely do not need as much page space as you do in production. Paging will spill over to spool/temp space. Just be sure you have some excess spool space. 3) Restoring your spool space is another reason to use the same SYS CONFIG. Spool files are dependent on the numerical position of the spool volume as defined in your SYS CONFIG file. If a spool volume is the 6th sysowned volume as defined in SYS CONFIG and you leave out some sysowned volumes in your DR SYS CONFIG, you cannot restore the spool volume to a different numerical position in your SYS CONFIG and find anything on it. 4) If you're using OS/DFDSS to do your backups, you cannot use a stand alone DFDSS tape to just restore the VM volumes. They must be restored using OS/DFDSS. Be aware of the VM particulare DFDSS dump and restore parameters and use them. I'll leave items 5 and 6 for someone else. I don't believe you need to do anything special in your inits at the DR site for the VM volumes. We keep S/A tapes for our DR site usage that has S/A ICKDSF and S/A DFDSS programs on them but they are there to prepare the MVS DR volumes. Jim Bohnsack ________________________________________ From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martin, Terry R. (CMS/CTR) (CTR) [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 3:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: First time DR excercise ------_=_NextPart_002_01CAA379.A286BDC7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =20 Hi =20 I am getting ready for my first DR exercise with z/VM and z/Linux since we went live about a year and half ago. I am trying to figure out some of the basic steps that need to be done. =20 I am using our Production LPAR as the clone for the DR test. Some questions I have are: =20 1. Should I just restore the z/VM packs at the DR site as is. That is , use the same DIRECTORY and SYS CONFIG files from the Cloned Production system or should I come up with a DR DIRECTORY and SYS CONFIG file? 2. If I use the DIRECTORY and SYS CONFIG files as is can I leave entries such as the PAGE packs in the SYS CONFIG and IPL, in other words will I have problem IPLING with these page packs defined if they are not present on the DR system? Do I need at least one page pack defined in the SYS CONFIG to come up?=20 3. I had planned on backing up my SPOOL volumes from the Clone system and restoring them as is. 4. I am using DFDSS on the DR z/OS floor system to restore all of the z/VM volumes. I backed them up with DFDSS on the home production system. 5. We are planning on bringing up one z/Linux guest during this test. I will backup the z/Linux DASD using DFDSS also.=20 6. When I INIT the packs at the DR site is there anything special I need to be aware of? =20 If there is anything else you think may be helpful please let me know. I know there have been posts on this subject in the past but I did not run across some of my specifics. =20 Thank You, =20 Terry Martin Lockheed Martin - Citic z/OS and z/VM Performance Tuning and Operating Systems Support Office - 443 348-2102 Cell - 443 632-4191 WFH - Wed and Fri. =20 ------_=_NextPart_002_01CAA379.A286BDC7 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:dt=3D"uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml"; = xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40";> <head> <meta name=3D"Microsoft Theme 2.00" content=3D"Eclipse 011"> <meta http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Calibri; 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I am trying to = figure out some of the basic steps that need to be done.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>I am using our Production LPAR as the clone for the = DR test. Some questions I have are:<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoListParagraph = style=3D'margin-left:39.0pt;text-indent:-.25in; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span = style=3D'mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style=3D'font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> = </span></span><![endif]>Should I just restore the z/VM packs at the DR site as is. That is , use the = same DIRECTORY and SYS CONFIG files from the Cloned Production system or should I come = up with a DR DIRECTORY and SYS CONFIG file?<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoListParagraph = style=3D'margin-left:39.0pt;text-indent:-.25in; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span = style=3D'mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style=3D'font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> = </span></span><![endif]>If I use the DIRECTORY and SYS CONFIG files as is can I leave entries such = as the PAGE packs in the SYS CONFIG and IPL, in other words will I have problem = IPLING with these page packs defined if they are not present on the DR system? Do I = need at least one page pack defined in the SYS CONFIG to come up? = <o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoListParagraph = style=3D'margin-left:39.0pt;text-indent:-.25in; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span = style=3D'mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style=3D'font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> = </span></span><![endif]>I had planned on backing up my SPOOL volumes from the Clone system = and restoring them as is.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoListParagraph = style=3D'margin-left:39.0pt;text-indent:-.25in; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span = style=3D'mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style=3D'font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> = </span></span><![endif]>I am using DFDSS on the DR z/OS floor system to restore all of the z/VM = volumes. I backed them up with DFDSS on the home production = system.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoListParagraph = style=3D'margin-left:39.0pt;text-indent:-.25in; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span = style=3D'mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style=3D'font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> = </span></span><![endif]>We are planning on bringing up one z/Linux guest during this test. I will = backup the z/Linux DASD using DFDSS also. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoListParagraph = style=3D'margin-left:39.0pt;text-indent:-.25in; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span = style=3D'mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span style=3D'font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> = </span></span><![endif]>When I INIT the packs at the DR site is there anything special I need to be = aware of?<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>If there is anything else you think may be helpful = please let me know. I know there have been posts on this subject in the past = but I did not run across some of my specifics.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><i><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Goudy Old Style","serif"; color:#7030A0'>Thank You,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><i><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Goudy Old Style","serif"; color:#7030A0'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><i><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Goudy Old Style","serif"; color:#7030A0'>Terry Martin<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><i><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Goudy Old Style","serif"; color:#7030A0'>Lockheed Martin - Citic<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><i><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Goudy Old Style","serif"; color:#7030A0'>z/OS and z/VM Performance Tuning and Operating Systems = Support<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><i><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Goudy Old Style","serif"; color:#7030A0'>Office - 443 348-2102<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><i><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Goudy Old Style","serif"; color:#7030A0'>Cell - 443 632-4191<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><i><span = style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Goudy Old Style","serif"; color:#7030A0'>WFH - Wed and Fri.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> </body> </html> ------_=_NextPart_002_01CAA379.A286BDC7--
