Thanks Mike. I added the VMBACKUP DIRECT file and then used the AMDISK statements manually to create the MDISK statements from the allocation group. Worked great. Thanks very much for the help.
Regards, Dave On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 16:20 -0700, Mike Harding wrote: > Better still, create a VMBACKUP DIRECT file matching the doc on your > a-disk. (Or MAINT, or VMRMAINT, wherever you're working - which should be > a userid with dirmaint auths.) You can either leave out the mdisk > statements as Dennis suggests, or modify them as follows: > where you have MDISK ccuu 3390 startcyl nbrcyls volser .... > use AMDISK ccuu 3390 AUTOG nbrcyls volgroup .... where volgroup is > an allocation group defined in dirmaint's extent control file. > Then do a "dirm add vmbackup" > > Mike Harding, Consultant/Specialist > > Enterprise Platform Services, Mainframe Engineering > KP-IT Enterprise Engineering > 925-926-3179 (8-473-3179) | E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > AIM: VMBearDad | Yahoo IM: mbhcpcvt > Kaiser Service Credo: "Our cause is health. Our passion is service. We're > here to make lives better." > > NOTICE TO RECIPIENT: If you are not the intended recipient of this > e-mail, you are prohibited from sharing, copying, or otherwise using or > disclosing its contents. If you have received this e-mail in error, > please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently > delete this e-mail and any attachments without reading, forwarding or > saving them. Thank you. > > > > > "O'Brien, Dennis L" <Dennis.L.O'[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> > 10/15/2008 04:03 PM > Please respond to > The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> > > > To > IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > cc > > Subject > Re: DirMaint & CA's VM:Backup Software Installation > > > > > > > Dave, > Create a basic directory entry, then use DIRM GET to get a copy, edit it > to add everything except MDISK's, then DIRM REPLACE to send it back to > DIRMAINT. Then use DIRM AMDISK to add the minidisks. I haven't used > DIRMAINT in several years, so I might be slightly off on the details. > > Dennis O'Brien > > We are Borg of America. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile. > > > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Dave Keeton > Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 15:39 > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: [IBMVM] DirMaint & CA's VM:Backup Software Installation > > I am attempting to install VM:Backup from CA and it wants me to update the > directory with the user info for VMBACKUP. Trouble is, I'm using DirMaint > and I can't seem to figure out how to manually add the user as the > installation program has spelled out the entry for me. > > Can I update the USER DIRECT file and then get DirMaint to re-read it? Can > I tell DirMaint to manually accept the user info? What's the best way to > approach this? The VMIMAINT installation program lets me pick the volume > on which to create the minidisks, but DirMaint would be using the EXTENT > CONTROL definition instead of specific cylinders on a volume. Not sure how > to proceed.... > > Thanks in advance, > Dave
