You can also just copy all the file from the DVD over to a CMS minidisk and do your 2nd level install from there. Works well, can't use the one page sheet, but the install guide works just fine.
Marcy Cortes "This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation." -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of O'Brien, Dennis L Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 6:00 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] Installing z/VM 5.3 on Flex-ES box Adam, Assuming the process hasn't changed in 5.3, you can do a second-level install from DVD. The process is much simpler than a first-level install. It shouldn't matter at all that you're on a Flex system. The FTP server can be on Windows, Linux, or anything else that can read a DVD drive. In my case, we're not allowed to have FTP servers on our desktops, so I use Samba to move the contents to a Linux guest, then use vsftpd on the guest as my FTP server. This worked for installing 5.1 and 5.2. The only restriction is that your first-level system must be z/VM 5.1 or later. Details are in the Guide for Automated Installation and Service. I can't speak to the licensing issues, but there's no technical reason that you shouldn't be able to use a DVD. Dennis O'Brien The three R's of Windows problem resolution: Retry, Reboot, Reinstall. -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Thornton Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 10:18 To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: [IBMVM] Installing z/VM 5.3 on Flex-ES box So, I presume we're going to want z/VM 5.3 on our Flex box when it's available. We *do* have a deskside 3480/3490 drive, so we can use that if we must. But it's slow and kind of cranky. I was wondering whether it ought to be possible, instead, to do a DVD install. As I understand it, on a real zSeries (do I mean System Z? I get confused) box, all that basically does is start an FTP server on the HMC and then allow the installing VM instance to FTP stuff over. The Flex box has (or can trivially have) an FTP server on it. It would be a whole lot less unpleasant to just mount the DVD (or copy the files off the DVD onto the Flex host) than it would to deal with real magtape. Is this likely to work? Adam
