Hey Kurt (and Marna), In order to help customers get to the zOSMF way of doing it, IBM could do a quick round of calls with its customers to understand how shops most commonly do it currently. Then, IBM could do multi-part webinars or a bunch of IBM TechDocs to address the switching-over concerns and points to note. Leaving very little to individual customer experimentation, with support like mentioned above, switching to the zOSMF way should be easier.
- KB ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Thursday, October 28th, 2021 at 6:44 PM, Kurt J. Quackenbush <ku...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > > 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. > > Even if you personally will never install z/OS using z/OSMF, I want to > > address some of your concerns for others that may read this thread. > > Does z/OSMF have a different look and feel than CustomPac ServerPac? Yes. > > However, z/OSMF can certainly install as you've described here: you can > > specify your three installation volumes for the target and distribution > > libraries, you can let SMS manage the CPAC and SMP/E data sets, your > > targets and dlibs can be uncataloged, the zFSs can be cataloged with HLQ > > INST25. And you don't have to IPL the installed system. > > If anyone is confused how to tell z/OSMF about your unique installation > > desires, let me know. I bet in most cases, like those described above, > > there's a way to make it happen. I'm here to help. > > Kurt Quackenbush -- IBM, z/OS SMP/E and z/OSMF Software Management > > Chuck Norris never uses CHECK when he applies PTFs. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
