Hi, gang.
As an aid to understanding z/VM's basic structures, I have assembled two
CMS NAMES files, ZVMCOMPS NAMES and ZVMUSERS NAMES, that document the
relationships between major z/VM component parts, user ids and their
minidisks.
The ZVMCOMPS NAMES file has the following tags defined:
:nick.component ID
:name.full component name
:userid.vaddr The user id and that user's minidisks used for
installing, service, or testing.
Example for the Performance Toolkit:
:nick.PERFTK
:name.Performance Toolkit for VM
:6VMPTK30.2B2 2C2 2C4 2D2 2A6 2A2 200 191 29D
:PERFSVM.191 195 201 1CC
:PERSMAPI.191 195
The ZVMUSERS NAMES file has the following tags defined:
:nick.username
:type.either USER of IDENTITY
:pw.password
:role.purpose
:descr.Description of virtual guest.
:vaddr.minidisk address and description.
Example for the Performance Toolkit:
:nick.PERFSVM
:type.IDENTITY
:pw.AUTOONLY
:role.B
:descr.Performance Toolkit server
:1CC.Contains customized files.
:191.Performance Toolkit for VM user ID's 191 work minidisk
:195.Performance Toolkit for VM user ID's 195 minidisk
:201.Production BUILD disk.
The :nick., :type., :pw., :role., and :descr. tags are the work of Alan
Altmark of IBM.
See the comments at the beginning of the ZVMCOMPS NAMES files for some
examples of how the names files can be used to see what user id and
minidisks are used by a z/VM component, or what a specific minidisk is
used for.
Note that the ZVMUSERS NAMES file only contains the user ids and
minidisks that come as part of the normal z/VM 6.3 installation process,
User ids and minidisks for other IBM VM program products (e.g., Backup
and Restore Manager), or end user ids are not included. They can, of
course, be added later.
The two names files, ZVMUSERS and ZVMCOMPS, are in the VMUSERS VMARC
file that can be downloaded from the V/Soft download page:
http://www.vsoft-software.com/vmusers.vmarc
Enjoy, and Happy Thanksgiving, too.
DJ
(cross posted to both VM and zLinux lists....)
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Dave Jones
V/Soft Software
www.vsoft-software.com
Houston, TX
281.578.7544
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