You only need one channel to access dasd, the others are for failover in case of hardware fault. You enter the volume to Ipl from, it should have the IO definition of all devices until migration is complete. Vary unneeded volume offline, not channels
On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 4:28 AM Peter < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello > > We are migrating our current storage from DS8886 to DS8910F. > > While both the storage are connected to mainframe can I point one of the > lpar to the new box DS8910F and ipl it ? > > We have two zOS LPARS in mainframe and I want to try IPL one of the LPARs > pointing to DS8910F. > > Out of the 6 channels . The 4 channels are connected to DS8886 and 2 > channels are connected to DS8910F. > > Is it possible to make the 4 channels offline prior loading the loading the > LPAR and have them point to 2 channels which are connected to DS8910F ? > > Peter > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
