On Wednesday, 12/17/2008 at 05:26 EST, Michael MacIsaac/Poughkeepsie/i...@ibmus wrote: > -) Install a z/VM system onto DASD with the *highest* 5 addresses we have (we > install onto 3390-3s). Use the default labels of 540RES, 540SPL, ... > -) Immediately shut this system down and never IPL it again - this is the > "golden image" (OK, "never" is a strong word - later you may want to put an RSU > on it). > > -) Clone the 5 volumes to the target DASD (we use FLASHCOPY. Any disk copy tool > should work assuming you have access to both source and target disks) > -) IPL the RES volume from the first target DASD in the correct LPAR - you > should not run into the problem I describe above since these DASD have lower > addresses
<cough> Please update your SYSTEM CONFIG on the new RES volume to define those high addresses as Offline_at_IPL. > Relabelling the system volumes is tricky. Note that FLASHCOPY now includes a LABEL option. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
