> 2. Connect new server to the existing disk or old server to the new disk > systems - not possible, the old system has only internal disk and the new > disk is FICON and cannot be connected to the old processor.
You could consider turning the Flex box into a FlexCUB temporarily, which would make the internal disk connectable via ESCON. Talk to Cornerstone offline about that; we've found them to be pretty reasonable about things, and it's a small investment that also gives you the ability to deal better with the outside world and support DLT, etc. > 3. Load and customise zVM via the z9 HMC using DVD's thus having a zVM and > CMS environment and somehow "dump" the old system and FTP it across to the > new zVM & CMS system running on the z9 If you have one 3390 mod 9 or 2 3390 mod 3s available on the Flex box, this is the best option. You need only one userid, and a utility called CMSDDR which is available from the IBM Download Library (it's a modified version of DDR that can read/write it's data from CMS files). Very effective (and you'll want VM anyway...8-)) > We believe we can build a Stand Alone (SA) DFDSS pgm in card image > form (BUILDSA) on the old system and FTP this across to a CMS user. > This user should be able to receive this card image as a CMS file > and "punch" it to the virtual reader. > We could then "IPL" from the reader on this zVM virtual machine > This then creates a IPL'd SA DFDSS environment > > This last and final part is the bit we are struggling with. We can create > a > DFDSS full volume dump of the OnePak System to DISK and FTP it to the > zVM/CMS system on the z9. > > What I am struggling with is how to get the as input to the DFDSS SA > program > from the zVM/CMS environment? > > Is this a complete non starter as a process OR if possible; how would it > be > done? Well, you can get the DFDSS SA utility up and running w/o problems, but I don't think it understands any of the VM disk storage formats, so I don't know how you'd point it at the data to restore. CMSDDR is a lot easier, and if you can bring up a 1 pack VM system on the Flex box, the dump looks like (assuming your 1 pack MVS system is on dasd 1234, and 4567 is a full-pack minidisk formatted for CMS) >From MAINT or other privileged ID: ATTACH 1234 MAINT 1234 ACCESS 4567 C CMSDDR SYSPRINT CONS INPUT 1234 3390 volser OUTPUT FILE volser DISKIMG C DUMP ALL <blank line> And the restore is (assuming the disk to restore is 3FFF and the file has been moved to a similar 4567 minidisk on the new system via FTP or NJE): ATTACH 3FFF MAINT 3FFF ACCESS 4567 C CMSDDR SYSPRINT CONS INPUT FILE volser DISKIMG C OUTPUT 3FFF 3390 SCRTCH RESTORE ALL <blank line> Repeat this for all the volumes you want to move. DDR doesn't care what is on the disk; it's a physical copy, so MVS won't get unhappy at all. CMSDDR can be gotten from http://www.vm.ibm.com/download. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
