Thanks. I already found out by trial and error. Regards, Richard Schuh
> -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of O'Brien, Dennis L > Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 1:22 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: z/VM 6.1 Install > > Richard, > MPUT accepts wildcards. > > Please let us know how using the VM FTP server works out. I > tried it with z/VM 5.1.0, and it wasn't very happy with the > lack of file types on the input files. I don't recall the > exact details, but things could certainly have changed since then. > > > Dennis O'Brien > > "See, I'm a man of simple tastes. I like dynamite, and > gunpowder... And gasoline! Do you know what all of these > things have in common? They're cheap!" -- Heath Ledger as > The Joker, in The Dark Knight > > > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Schuh, Richard > Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 09:34 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [IBMVM] z/VM 6.1 Install > > And to make matters worse, the only local FTP server I can > use is the one on VM. That makes uploading hundreds or > thousands of files a real pain. If only the distribution had > an option of some VM-friendly format in addition to the DVD. > > Is that APARable, Alan? > > A non-VM question for the list. Since the WinXP Help for FTP > is less than forthcoming, is it possible to use wildcards in > PUT or MPUT from XP (client) to VM(server)? > > > Regards, > Richard Schuh > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chip Davis > > Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 8:38 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: z/VM 6.1 Install > > > > As someone whose first VM install was BSEPP, if that is the > _simpler_ > > process, it makes me think IBM should hire some > Microsofties to design > > a new system install mechanism. (Their OS may not _work_ > when you get > > done, but the install is a relative breeze.) > > > > Seriously, the "easy" way takes three different operating > systems to > > upgrade one of them? I think I see Richard's > > problem: he was only using two ... :-/ > > > > -Chip- > > > > On 2/2/10 00:57 O'Brien, Dennis L said: > > > Richard, > > > > > > I think the TERSnnnn files are the RSU. My order > download link has > > > expired, so I can't go back and check. The install files > > are in ZIP > > > format. I have four ZIP files: > > > > > > > > > > > > cd813250.zip contains the system image DVD install files > > for CKD DASD. > > > > > > CD813260.ZIP contains the system image DVD install files > > for FBA DASD. > > > I probably won't use this one, but I grabbed it just in > > case we build > > > an all-SAN system. > > > > > > CD813270.ZIP contains the system image DVD RSU install > > files for both > > > CKD and FBA DASD. > > > > > > K5T70543.ZIP contains the documentation, in both > > BookManager and PDF format. > > > > > > > > > > > > I haven't installed z/VM 6.1.0, yet, but I went through the same > > > process with z/VM 5.4.0. I unzipped the install and RSU > files, and > > > put all the CKD files in a directory on my PC. I then used > > Samba to > > > upload the files to a Linux guest. The nice thing about > > Samba is that > > > I can use Windows cut-and-paste to copy the files. If > the transfer > > > gets interrupted, it's easy to pick up where I left off. I > > work from > > > home, so the upload takes about 16 hours. I didn't have any > > > interruptions with 5.4.0, but I have had them when > > uploading earlier > > > releases. Once I have the files on Linux, I either install > > from the > > > Linux FTP server, or use FTP to copy the files to a CMS > > minidisk. For > > > either approach, I follow the instructions in the manual. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dennis > > > > > > > > > > > > "See, I'm a man of simple tastes. I like dynamite, and > gunpowder... > > > And gasoline! Do you know what all of these things have > in common? > > > They're cheap!" -- Heath Ledger as The Joker, in The Dark Knight > > > > > > > > > > > > *From:* The IBM z/VM Operating System > > [mailto:[email protected]] > > > *On Behalf Of *Schuh, Richard > > > *Sent:* Monday, February 01, 2010 16:39 > > > *To:* [email protected] > > > *Subject:* [IBMVM] z/VM 6.1 Install > > > > > > > > > > > > I feel like a fish out of water. I ordered z/VM 6.1 to be > delivered > > > electronically, which may have been a mistake. > > > > > > > > > > > > * I have downloaded to the PC, and uploaded to a VM > > disk, the > > > files pointed to by the notification letter. These were > files that > > > have TERSnnnn file types. The recfm/blksize are F/1024. > > > > > > * I DETERSEd the ones identified as the System DDR. > > These files > > > are V/4095. > > > > > > > > > > > > Now what? I find conflicting instructions. Depending on > > where I look, I > > > see (1) no DETERSE step, which cannot be right for these > > files, with > > > instructions that say that the files must be fixed/1028, > which fits > > > neither the before nor after DETERSE lrecl, or (2) the > > DETERSE step is > > > included followed by a reference to a non-existent manual. > > > > > > > > > > > > I see no reason to DETERSE the other files until I have, as Paul > > > Harvey used to say, "the rest of the story." That will > only give me > > > more files that I will probably have to erase when I must > > try some different > > > download. > > > > > > > > > > > > I opened an ETR after running around in circles until I was > > dizzy on > > > the support web site pointed to by the notification letter. > > I have no > > > idea when I will get a response. The list is usually > > faster. Please Help!!! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > Richard Schuh > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
