Hi Terri. I had a more positive experience with z/osmf installation of a z/os serverpac after some initial confusion.
A long time ago I had created a ‘software instance’ from a pair of z/os 2.4 target/dlib zones. I used this as a model for my 2.5 installation and was very surprised when z/osmf proceeded to tailor the dataset names like the 2.4 instance - surprised because I expected that the model had to be an instance created by a z/osmf installation. I now see that it probably looks for matching DDDEFs and adjusts the new dataset names accordingly. I had to adjust the names for new datasets and operational datasets. Here I found that z/osmf appears to look for common HLQs in a dataset filter list and gives the opportunity to change that common HLQ to something else. I did this for instance for some CPAC datasets where we want the HLQ to be SYS1.CPAC instead of CPAC - I filtered on HLQs to get a list of all CPAC datasets and excluded the ones I did not want to change. If you do not have a model instance then of course to change all HLQs to SYS1 you would have to change each HLQ (CEe, ISF etc) separately. I still have some gripes but these occurred also with the old dialogue: - only single level aliases are supported. We want to use OMVS.ZOS250 as a 2 level alias pointing to a new catalog on sysres but this has to be done post-install. - SMPE.ZOS250.* non-VSAM datasets on the sysres are indirectly cataloged because indirect cataloging by the installation dialogue works at the volume level. - I always do what used to be called an ‘upgrade install’. With z/osmf I instead answered ‘no’ to ‘do you want to create operational datasets’. In both cases we still get some operational datasets such as CPAC.PARMLIB. Most of these are not required but to avoid clashing with existing datasets of the same name I rename them as SYS!.CPAC.* and indirectly catalog them on sysres. Keith GOODING > On 26 Oct 2021, at 18:05, Shaffer, Terri > <0000017d5f778222-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > Okay I am going to retract the dataset names issue. Either my z/OSMF > decided to play nice now, or I did something wrong. > > I can modify all the names to my preferred names and HLQ.. > > So let me continue to see what happens.. It sure would have been nice to just > retrieve my CPAC.SAVE.CONFIG file. > > But okay.. > > Ms Terri E Shaffer > Senior Systems Engineer, > z/OS Support: > ACIWorldwide – Telecommuter > H(412-766-2697) C(412-519-2592) > terri.shaf...@aciworldwide.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
