My DRM tool on the VM download library has a macro that helps with the merge of two directories. I wrote it in the VM/SP Rel 4 or R5 days to help with VM release migrations. It still works: MVMDISKS is the name.
Kris, IBM Belgium, VM customer support VM/ESA and z/VM Discussions <[email protected]> wrote on 2005-12-13 19:50:56: > Nix, Robert P. wrote: > >Actually, I'm converting from zVM 4.4 to zVM 5.1, and I'm > installing DirMaint for the first time. I'm trying to roll my hand- > edited 4.4 directory into the zVM 5.1 system and into DirMaint, so > all my MDISK entries are live extents that I want to have the same > as on the 1st level 4.4 system. > > > >Once we're up and running on zVM 5.1, we'll be using AUTOV and > AUTOG very extensively.... They just don't work for the initial > conversion. And I couldn't start DirMaint with the hand-edited 4.4 > directory, because there's also a hand-edited 5.1 directory to be > considered and that was the one I started DirMaint with. > > > >(Ah... The joys of upgrades...) > > > > > > > Having upgraded a couple systems from 4.4 to 5.1 and one 2.3 to 5.1, I > found it easiest too get a copy of the user direct from dirmaint (dirm > user withpass), then disable dirmaint. Now hand merge the hand-edited > USER DIRECT file with the user withpass output file, then reacitvate > dirmaint with this new file. This way all the known extents get rebuilt > by dirmaint > Phil
