Bruce, Never having to install z/VM from the DVD I can't really comment on what is and what is not considered supported devices for the installation process. You may want to verify the FCP and/or FBASCSI device types are supported devices by the installation process. EDEVICES are constructs available from an installed z/VM system. They may not be for the installation process. Unless the installation process allows you to define FCP devices I don't really see how you could use FCP devices for your initial installaion.
Just my $0.02. HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS Raymond E. Noal Senior Technical Engineer Office: (408) 970 - 7978 -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Heckler, Bruce Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 12:14 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: z/VM and DS6000 Disks Hi Everyone, First, let me preface the question by saying I'm mostly a z/OS weenie. = Last time I installed VM it came on 2400' reels. Our campus Department of= Fine Arts got a grant for a Z10 EC and Red Hat. (an interesting story for= later). Their support folks are more into Dell than anything Big Blue. S= o us old "legacy" dinosaurs got pressed into service. OK, now the question: We're failing in INSTDVD setting up the system volumes. We plug in the = addresses, PF5, reply "y" to confirm, and it thows us back into the panel= with a DMSXDC542E. I'm pretty sure but not 100% we've got the addresses = we need, switched. The IODF shows a string at 1000 for 240 with type FCP.= Related to it is another string beginning at 3000 with type FBASCSI. I = used the 1000 device addresses, but some of the new function IBM PMRs see= m allude the right ones should be at 3000 (FBASCSI). That'd also imply our = SET EDEVICEs are also wrong. Comments from anyone who've broken ground = with a DS6000 would be appreciated. Sooo Weee! Hook 'em Hogs!... from an old Arkie and UA gradicate...
