Re: IPL from SCSI DVD or via NVMe

2021-03-19 Thread Seymour J Metz
AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IPL from SCSI DVD or via NVMe On 3/18/2021 12:03 AM, Timothy Sipples wrote: > > Just to keep you amused (or something?) the z/OS Customized Offerings > Driver has different version and release numbers than the skinny/mini z/OS > it conta

Re: IPL from SCSI DVD or via NVMe

2021-03-18 Thread Radoslaw Skorupka
W dniu 18.03.2021 o 16:14, Tom Mathias pisze: While I have not personally been able to verify this, I've had reports that you can use the HMC's Load from Removable Media or Server task to load and run the COD from an FTP server. You will need to put the contents of all three COD disks into

Re: IPL from SCSI DVD or via NVMe

2021-03-18 Thread Radoslaw Skorupka
W dniu 18.03.2021 o 04:51, Ed Jaffe pisze: On 3/17/2021 7:24 PM, Jim Mulder wrote:    Several years ago I was helping the COD folks with some problem with using the Operating System Messages console when IPLing standalone ICKDSF from DVD.   I needed a DVD so I could reproduce the problem on a

Re: IPL from SCSI DVD or via NVMe

2021-03-18 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 3/18/2021 8:10 AM, Lund, James E wrote: What?!? Are we in the stone age? 8^) I actually created an IPLable USB stick for an old DR environment. We do things on the "cheap", restoring stand-alone from replicated virtual tape to DS8800. ICKDSF SA CDROM was a starting point, then added FDR

Re: IPL from SCSI DVD or via NVMe

2021-03-18 Thread Tom Mathias
While I have not personally been able to verify this, I've had reports that you can use the HMC's Load from Removable Media or Server task to load and run the COD from an FTP server. You will need to put the contents of all three COD disks into the same subdirectory on an FTP server in the

Re: IPL from SCSI DVD or via NVMe

2021-03-18 Thread Lund, James E
What?!? Are we in the stone age? 8^) I actually created an IPLable USB stick for an old DR environment. We do things on the "cheap", restoring stand-alone from replicated virtual tape to DS8800. ICKDSF SA CDROM was a starting point, then added FDR SAR, and ZZSA (just in case things go south).

Re: IPL from SCSI DVD or via NVMe

2021-03-18 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 3/18/2021 12:03 AM, Timothy Sipples wrote: Just to keep you amused (or something?) the z/OS Customized Offerings Driver has different version and release numbers than the skinny/mini z/OS it contains, so just be aware of that. Now you are. :-) Thanks, Tim. I'll try to order one. Hopefully

Re: IPL from SCSI DVD or via NVMe

2021-03-18 Thread Tom Conley
On 3/17/2021 11:51 PM, Ed Jaffe wrote: On 3/17/2021 7:24 PM, Jim Mulder wrote:    Several years ago I was helping the COD folks with some problem with using the Operating System Messages console when IPLing standalone ICKDSF from DVD.   I needed a DVD so I could reproduce the problem on a test

Re: IPL from SCSI DVD or via NVMe

2021-03-18 Thread Timothy Sipples
Ed Jaffe wrote: >What does COD stand for? How does a lowly customer/ISV >get this thing? COD could mean "Capacity On Demand," but in this context it means "z/OS Customized Offerings Driver," a skinny/mini z/OS that can be IPLed (started) from a DVD, USB flash drive, or equivalent electronic

Re: IPL from SCSI DVD or via NVMe

2021-03-17 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 3/17/2021 7:24 PM, Jim Mulder wrote: Several years ago I was helping the COD folks with some problem with using the Operating System Messages console when IPLing standalone ICKDSF from DVD. I needed a DVD so I could reproduce the problem on a test machine, and asked how to create one.

Re: IPL from SCSI DVD or via NVMe

2021-03-17 Thread Jim Mulder
NY "IBM Mainframe Discussion List" wrote on 03/14/2021 10:17:20 PM: > From: "Ed Jaffe" > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Date: 03/17/2021 10:17 PM > Subject: Re: IPL from SCSI DVD or via NVMe > Sent by: "IBM Mainframe Discussion List" > > On 3

Re: IPL from SCSI DVD or via NVMe

2021-03-15 Thread Timothy Sipples
Ed Jaffe wrote: >Yes, that's helpful as it suggests it can be done. But, I want to >create the stand-alone IPL utilities myself. > >Essentially, I want to copy the latest stand-alone DSF and >stand-alone DSS (and perhaps even z/VM DDR) -- with the latest >APAR/PTFs applied -- from my system to

Re: IPL from SCSI DVD or via NVMe

2021-03-14 Thread Gibney, Dave
A.EDU > Subject: Re: IPL from SCSI DVD or via NVMe > > On 3/14/2021 6:59 PM, Timothy Sipples wrote: > > If you mean the HMC DVD (or, in recent model HMCs and virtual > HMCs/HMAs, a > > USB-attached flash drive), the z/OS Customized Offerings Driver can IPL > > from th

Re: IPL from SCSI DVD or via NVMe

2021-03-14 Thread Mike Schwab
ICKDSF Stand Alone Tape to initialize DASD volumes. ADRDSSU Stand Alone Tape to restore system volumes then other volumes. Other restore software volumes or Stand Alone Tapes. On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 9:17 PM Ed Jaffe wrote: > > On 3/14/2021 6:59 PM, Timothy Sipples wrote: > > If you mean the HMC

Re: IPL from SCSI DVD or via NVMe

2021-03-14 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 3/14/2021 6:59 PM, Timothy Sipples wrote: If you mean the HMC DVD (or, in recent model HMCs and virtual HMCs/HMAs, a USB-attached flash drive), the z/OS Customized Offerings Driver can IPL from that disc or flash drive. The z/OS COD includes at least the functional equivalent of the DFSMSdss

Re: IPL from SCSI DVD or via NVMe

2021-03-14 Thread Timothy Sipples
If you mean the HMC DVD (or, in recent model HMCs and virtual HMCs/HMAs, a USB-attached flash drive), the z/OS Customized Offerings Driver can IPL from that disc or flash drive. The z/OS COD includes at least the functional equivalent of the DFSMSdss Stand-Alone Services if that's what you