Hi all, Thanks for all the great feedback! This has been a good conversation to follow the past couple of days. We do appreciate it!
From the conversation, I see those here are on the "minimum installation path" that want to: 1. Use an existing prior configuration to save time when installing a new z/OS release. With *absolute minimum* manual renaming or data sets or volume name changes. 2. Use an existing master catalog 3. Mostly indirectly catalog 4. Use "non-IPLable" data set names, so that existing deployment tools can be used. 5. Run the minimum amount of jobs. So that they can immediately lay down installed target, dlibs, and SMP/E data sets (and reluctantly, have to take some CPAC data sets) *only*, and move on by themselves. 6. Want to be able to see all the JCL before it is run. (7. Want to be able to use multi-level aliasing.) I think I've captured all the *major* points necessary to get a z/OS system laid down in a couple of hours, with multi-level aliasing perhaps not being something used by all the contributers. I do understand there are some other niceties, but I generally think I've got the list above what was discussed to pull down an order and get it on DASD quickly. For doing the installation path above, z/OSMF *does* have that functionality today - except for the multi-level aliases. I'm not certain that multi-level aliases is critical, but I understand that doing it would be helpful to those that have used them for a long time, and want to continue with them. Yes, the functions may not have been "found" immediately while trying out the new interface. Especially when extremely familiar with the CustomPac interface. What I'd like to understand: for those that are on that "minimum installation path" above and have done their first z/OS portable software instance install, after you've gotten the information here (from Kurt, thanks!!), do you think you can lay down that z/OS release again using z/OSMF in a couple of hours? Keep in mind, you'd be using z/OSMF's Model After capability, selecting "existing master catalog", data set configuration filtering and mass changes on data set and volume names, and system symbols with volume association. -Marna WALLE z/OS System Install and Upgrade IBM Poughkeepsie ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
