Thanks, that was just the information I needed. Great. I'll check it out and see how it goes.
- Kenneth On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Mauro Souza <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Holter, > > Lets name the things... Let's call DEAD the linux image with damaged system, > and RECOVERY our recovery system. > > You just have to logout DEAD to avoid data corruption, and logon RECOVERY. > On your 3270 console, issue this command: > LINK DEAD 100 200 MR > > CP will ask you the MR password (check USER DIRECT to get the password), and > give RECOVERY full control over disk 100 of DEAD, now mapped as disk 200 on > RECOVERY. > > Do it for any other disk from DEAD. > > Log on RECOVERY via ssh. > Use *chccwdev -e 200* to activate the disk 200, and *lsdasd* to see what is > 200's device name (eg. /dev/dasdk).\ > Create a mount point for this dasd, like /mnt/dead > Mount the dasd: *mount /dev/dasdk /mnt/dead* > > Enjoy! > > Mauro > http://mauro.limeiratem.com - registered Linux User: 294521 > Scripture is both history, and a love letter from God. > > > On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 4:43 AM, Kenneth Holter <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi. >> >> >> I just came across this old post. We're about to create a disaster >> recovery plan using FDR/UpStream, and the setup described in your post >> below seems very interesting. Would you mind sharing info on how you >> set up your recovery system with regards to seeing both disks etc? >> >> >> Regards, >> Kenneth Holter >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Stewart Thomas J >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > We "rolled our own" recovery Linux system (aka "virtual live cd"). We >> simply created a guest with a minimal Linux install and no LVM. Then via the >> beauty of shared disk, if a system fails we just shut down the failed guest >> and link our recovery system's disk to the guest as well. We IPL from the >> recovery system's disk, but it is configured to see both it's normal disk >> and also mount up the LVM directories from the failed system. We use mdisk's >> in the 1xx range for the normal system and in the 2xx range for the recovery >> system - both are configured for the recovery system so he automatically >> brings them both online. >> > >> > Once up the recovery system can edit individual files on the failed >> system's LVM structure, or even perform a network restore. The cool part is >> you can even leave your recovery system up during normal operation so it can >> be backed up itself, get updates, etc. Then take it down and "swing" it onto >> another system when it needs to swoop in for a rescue. >> > >> > __________________________________ >> > Tom Stewart >> > Infrastructure Analyst >> > John Deere - z/OS Support Services >> > em: [email protected] >> > __________________________________ >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> Kenneth Holter >> > Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 12:35 AM >> > To: [email protected] >> > Subject: Linux live CD for z/Linux? >> > >> > Hi all. >> > >> > >> > Does there exist any linux live CD's for z/Linux? I've found our CentOS >> live CD very useful on our x86 servers, and would like to have the same >> option available on z/Linux. >> > >> > Regards, >> > Kenneth Holter >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send >> email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit >> http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or >> visit >> > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 >> > >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or >> visit >> http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
