What I mean is: define them even temporarily as EDEVs for the DDR and go for it.
On Tue, Apr 5, 2022, 17:25 Rick Troth <r...@casita.net> wrote: > If they're defined as EDEVs then you can use DDR. > > FBA (EDEV or 3370, etc al) being fixed block, copying the whole disk will > include the boot partition. (Partition tables are not really needed on > fixed block disks, even laptop SSDs, but don't get me started.) Any > "partition table", and all partitions, would be included in the DDR copy. > > > > On Tue, Apr 5, 2022, 17:19 Martha McConaghy <martha.mccona...@marist.edu> > wrote: > >> I have a few RHEL servers that run on z/VM but boot off of a direct >> attached SAN LUN (not an EDEV or ECKD). They reside on an old DS8870 and I >> need to move them to a new DS8910. (No PPRC, GDPS, etc.) Is there a way >> that I could use VM to copy these LUNs to the new storage? I was looking >> at DDR, but wasn't sure if the FB-512 type would work for these. They >> aren't CMS format disks, obviously, so that isn't an option. I'm trying to >> avoid having to attach them to a Linux server to do the work, but will if >> that is the only option. Since these are boot volumes, I have to copy the >> boot partition and boot record, not just the filesystems. So, a physical >> copy would be the best. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Martha >> >> >> Martha McConaghy >> >> Marist: System Architect/Technical Lead >> >> SHARE Association: Secretary >> >> Marist College IT >> >> Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or >> visit >> http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
