Karl, You may be surprised to know that configs on at least two other DASD brands are also loaded from a laptop. For HDS the SVP (Service Processor=Service Element) is FRU that you can order. Has anyone tried to simply order and install a new SE from IBM?
As for storing configs MF host storage, are you suggesting that IBM should accommodate EMC and HDS configurations on the z10? And what would a non-mainframe shop do for storage? Just rhetorical questions mate. If you've ever built configurations for twelve or more storage controllers from scratch you would know why a laptop (and RDC) are so convenient. Ron > old configuration file(s). I am kind of surprised that IBM would depend on an > independent system to host configuration files for the mainframe as that > sort of becomes the weak link. Maybe I don't know enough about the > system but it would seem that it would be better to have the DASD > configuration on the z10's hard drives. > Karl Severson ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
