Why go through all the trouble? Just create the zipl.conf file with enough dasd
devices in it to cover future expansion. I use devices 290-2AF so I have 32 devices
created in zipl.conf. I may only use three or four of them, but who cares?
When I want to add another device to a server, just log on to the server console and
issue
#CP LINK * 297 297 MR (for some reason, I can't use the hcp command to do this...)
#CP DISC
then do the dasdfmt, fdasd, etc.
Works like a champ! Every time!
Use the Best! Linux for Servers
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Gordon W. Wolfe, Ph.D. VM & Linux Systems Support
Enterprise Servers, The Boeing Company (425)865-5940
> ----------
> From: Eric Sammons
> Reply To: Linux on 390 Port
> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 11:35 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Adding DASD to a guest, going from zipl.conf to dasdfmt w/o a reboot
>
> I am searching for ways to ensure maximum up time of my "z/Linux"
> environment. As such, I am wondering, when adding dasd to the environment
> is there a way to go from editing the zipl.conf file to dasdfmt without
> rebooting. Currently, I add my device to zipl.conf and then execute zipl
> followed by a reboot. I would like to eliminate the reboot.
>
> Thank you!
> Eric Sammons
> (804)697-3925
>
>
