I prefer to call it an Exercise, not a test. A test implies that you can pass or fail. It shouldn't be about success and failure, but about making sure your procedures are up to date and work as expected.
Jeff Davis
On 11/1/05, Tom Huegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Isn't that why they call it a disaster recovery TEST?
I wouldn't overdo the in-house 2nd level stuff.
You pay a lot of money to your DR site and your software vendors make them do the work of providing you with satisfactory solutions.
-----Original Message-----
From: Horlick, Michael [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 10:46 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: CPUTYPE 2nd Level
You wouldn't happen to know where in the VM control block that is ?
I have some VSE systems running under the 2nd level system and I would
like them to act exactly as during a disaster recovery (to make sure my
new license keys work).
Thanks
Mike
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Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 10:31 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: CPUTYPE 2nd Level
The canonical answer is no, you cannot change the CPUtype for a guest
system.
The real answer is that for many things, you can get away with ZAPping
the
CPU type in the virtual machine's VM control block, provided you also
zap
the "FF" that tells the guest that you're running it under VM.
Your mileage may vary! I make no warranties, explicit or implied, as to
whether this will cause catastrophic problems with your running guest.
Paul Goodwin
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Michael"
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Greetings,
I will be doing a disaster recovery test mid November. I have been
informed
that the machine I will be using is a IBM-2064-1C6 with a serial number
of
02-00XXXXX
Trying to simulate the test now on a 2nd level zVM system. I am
presently
running on a 9672. I have changed the OPTION statement for this virtual
machine adding 'CPUID 0XXXXX' to its directory entry.
Will be logging off this machine and re-logging on presently.
Since I can't change the cputype on my current system what would be the
response from the Q CPUID when I actually use this new machine ? Would
it
be 'FF0XXXXX20640000' ?
Is there anyway I can have the 2nd level zVm system return a different
cputype when one either issues the 'Q CPUID' command or uses the DIAG
218
instruction.
Thanks
Mike Horlick
CGI
Montreal,Quebec,Canada
