Changing devices numbers is generally not a problem unless you have lots of 
dedicated devices.
SSI needs a bit of work as well if you have that.

DDR is very slow.
If you have z/OS, any of its utilities are way better.   DFDSS, zDMF (TDMF), or 
FDR all beat the pants off of DDR.
Just have to take down your VM & Linux first though.


-----Original Message-----
From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ray 
Mansell
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 12:38 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] Migrate zLinux off zVM into standalone LPARs?

Thank you Mark, and Alan, and Gregory...

I think our problem is going to be more one of boredom rather than encountering 
insurmountable problems, as DDR plods its way through several hundred volumes. 
Originally I thought we were going to have to cope with changing device numbers 
on the new system, which I believe would have posed a much more interesting 
problem, but I think I've managed to persuade the storage admin that this 
simply isn't practical.
In any case, it looks as though I will have plenty to occupy my time between 
now and the new year.

Thanks again,
Ray

On 11/17/2015 11:07, Mark Post wrote:
>>>> On 11/17/2015 at 10:12 AM, Ray Mansell <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Speaking of disk address changes... how does one cope with that? We 
>> have a new DS8700 to replace our ancient DS8000s, and I'm wondering 
>> what is the best way to migrate our LPAR Linux servers to the new 
>> box? I'm sure this must have been done before, so I'd be very 
>> interested to learn how others have managed this.
> How you cope is going to be determined by how the file systems are referenced 
> in /etc/fstab, and whether LVM is being used or not.  What does your setup 
> look like?
>
>
> Mark Post
>

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