Re: Moving LUNs using z/VM

2022-04-08 Thread Martha McConaghy
From: Linux on 390 Port on behalf of Rick Barlow Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2022 7:30 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Moving LUNs using z/VM I moved LUNs from a DS8880 in CA to a new DS8910 in OH. I defined EDEVs on both ends and used PIPEDDR to send it across TCPIP most

Re: Moving LUNs using z/VM

2022-04-06 Thread Christian Borntraeger
on behalf of Christian Borntraeger Sent: Wednesday, April 6, 2022 1:56 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Moving LUNs using z/VM Am 05.04.22 um 23:19 schrieb Martha McConaghy: 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

Re: Moving LUNs using z/VM

2022-04-06 Thread Martha McConaghy
Troth Sent: Wednesday, April 6, 2022 11:48 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Moving LUNs using z/VM Use 'dd' to copy block device to block device. (The name reminds me of DDR every time I use it!) On Wed, Apr 6, 2022, 11:44 Martha McConaghy wrote: > Christian, > Looks like

Re: Moving LUNs using z/VM

2022-04-06 Thread Rick Troth
on behalf of Christian > Borntraeger > Sent: Wednesday, April 6, 2022 1:56 AM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: Moving LUNs using z/VM > > Am 05.04.22 um 23:19 schrieb Martha McConaghy: > > I have a few RHEL servers that run on z/VM but boot off of a direct > at

Re: Moving LUNs using z/VM

2022-04-06 Thread Martha McConaghy
From: Linux on 390 Port on behalf of Christian Borntraeger Sent: Wednesday, April 6, 2022 1:56 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Moving LUNs using z/VM Am 05.04.22 um 23:19 schrieb Martha McConaghy: > I have a few RHEL servers that run on z/VM but boot off of a direct attac

Re: Moving LUNs using z/VM

2022-04-05 Thread Christian Borntraeger
Am 05.04.22 um 23:19 schrieb Martha McConaghy: 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

Re: Moving LUNs using z/VM

2022-04-05 Thread Martha McConaghy
-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Moving LUNs using z/VM I moved LUNs from a DS8880 in CA to a new DS8910 in OH. I defined EDEVs on both ends and used PIPEDDR to send it across TCPIP most of the way across the country. I can probably share more details if you need them. a 4G LUN took about 10

Re: Moving LUNs using z/VM

2022-04-05 Thread Alan Altmark
artha McConaghy >> Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2022 5:20 PM >> To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU >> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [LINUX-390] Moving LUNs using z/VM >> >> 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). The

Re: Moving LUNs using z/VM

2022-04-05 Thread Rick Barlow
5, 2022 5:41 PM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: Moving LUNs using z/VM > > Hi Martha > I did this successfully some years back. Make the input a “full pack “ > mini on edev link it read only to reduce stress. > Good luck > Dave > >

Re: Moving LUNs using z/VM

2022-04-05 Thread Rick Troth
> > From: Linux on 390 Port on behalf of David > Kreuter > Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2022 5:41 PM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: Moving LUNs using z/VM > > Hi Martha > I did this successfully some years back. Make the input a

Re: Moving LUNs using z/VM

2022-04-05 Thread Martha McConaghy
From: Linux on 390 Port on behalf of Neale Ferguson Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2022 6:01 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Moving LUNs using z/VM Is there a maximum edev size? You can copy the LUNs with DDR, but you have to first define an EDEVICE for them. Regards, Alan

Re: Moving LUNs using z/VM

2022-04-05 Thread Neale Ferguson
on 390 Port On Behalf Of > Martha McConaghy > Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2022 5:20 PM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: [EXTERNAL] [LINUX-390] Moving LUNs using z/VM > > I have a few RHEL servers that run on z/VM but boot off of a direct attached > SAN LUN (not an

Re: Moving LUNs using z/VM

2022-04-05 Thread Martha McConaghy
From: Linux on 390 Port on behalf of David Kreuter Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2022 5:41 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Moving LUNs using z/VM Hi Martha I did this successfully some years back. Make the input a “full pack “ mini on edev link it read only to reduce

Re: Moving LUNs using z/VM

2022-04-05 Thread David Kreuter
@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Moving LUNs using z/VM OK, I want to make sure I am understanding it clearly. Its an interesting idea, but I really can't afford to blow away the original disks, so want to be really sure. The existing disks are used by the virtual machine by having LOADDEV statements

Re: Moving LUNs using z/VM

2022-04-05 Thread Martha McConaghy
Association: Secretary Marist College IT Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 From: Linux on 390 Port on behalf of Rick Troth Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2022 5:27 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Moving LUNs using z/VM What I mean is: define them even temporarily as EDEVs

Re: Moving LUNs using z/VM

2022-04-05 Thread Rick Troth
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 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.

Re: Moving LUNs using z/VM

2022-04-05 Thread Alan Altmark
t; Martha McConaghy > Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2022 5:20 PM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: [EXTERNAL] [LINUX-390] Moving LUNs using z/VM > > 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

Re: Moving LUNs using z/VM

2022-04-05 Thread Rick Troth
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

Moving LUNs using z/VM

2022-04-05 Thread Martha McConaghy
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