Terri, I had found the migration workflow here (of all places as a link for the upgrade to the z15 that we just completed): https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSLTBW_2.4.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r4.e0zm100/Export_zOS_V2R3_to_V2R5_Upgrade_Workflow.html I wasn't too happy with it because it doesn't work offline, you have to read it online and don't really have a chance to edit or mark anything as complete or irrelevant for your installation. Now Marna tells us the ptfs where it can be found. That little tidbit of information hadn't made it to my corner of the world. We do have oa60711 installed, but when I check the path /usr/lpp/bcp/upgrade, that is not a readable format. It can probably only be read using zOSMF so it is useless to someone without zOSMF up and running who uses the serverpac.
As for a zOSMF install - I had always planned to use the serverpac for 2.5. We haven't set up zOSMF yet (that will have to happen after 2.5 is up and running). Like Dave, all I really need from the serverpac are ALLOCDS and RESTORE. I don't even run the full UPDDDD and I create my own catalog job. From painful experience, I also compare everything to everything to make sure all is complete (SMPE zones against the restored volumes, target volume against the catalog). As I had mentioned before on ibmmain, I do a lot of allocations quite different from what IBM delivers so it is imperative that I can see the JCL before submitting. I had heard that I cannot see it and had planned to put a JCL error into the jobcard so that I can change from there. Doing that would probably play havoc with what zOSMF *assumes* and enforces. I have one set of installation volumes (TGT125, ZFS225 and DLBV25) specific to the release. TGT125 will NEVER get IPL'd, I clone from there to everywhere. All 'extranous' data sets (CPAC, the SMP environment) goes SMS and stays on my sandbox. I also don't IPL the CPAC system that comes with the serverpac. Everything on DLBv25 and TGT125 is uncataloged. Only the ZFSs are cataloged under the HLQ INST25. They, too, get cloned to the actual sysres and renamed during cloning. After reading your posts, I am really glad I used the serverpac, especially with zOSMF insisting that everything is done exactly as zOSMF defines as 'the right way'. It sounds like a nightmare to me to keep my working process using z/OSMF. I'll leave that to my successor, as 2.5 is my last operating system install. Barbara ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
