Thanks Alan, My boss built the IODF on one of our z/OS LPARs. That's probably why we're having a "documentation disconnect". "E-debris"?! I got'a remember to use that one.
Yeah, we shook our heads too on no support. But this is normal University researcher mentality. We'll keep plugging along until we get the thing up. Thanks again, Bruce Bruce Heckler ACT Datacenter 10280 North Torrey Pines Rd. #375 La Jolla CA. 92093 (858) 534-2152 -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 10:15 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: z/VM and DS6000 Disks On Tuesday, 03/31/2009 at 11:27 EDT, "Heckler, Bruce" <bheck...@ucsd.edu> wrote: > Apparently when you define a string in IODF it builds a string as type FCP. > Then it builds another string type FBASCSI which has the LUN, ..., and > references back to the same offset FCP address. The burning question is when > you plug in addresses to initialize the sysres and such, which set do you use? > If I were doing this myself, I'd keep plugging until I found something that > works. But this machine is locked in a different computer room, I don't have > access, access time, and some other compounding limitations. You're right, the > Install Guide is standard IBM dull but accurate. However, the naming > conventions are a bit confusing between what IODF, INSTDVD, and the Install > manual are using (at least how I read it). The rest of the install is very > simple. Just so you know, z/VM doesn't know or care about the "e-debris"(usually UNIT=) that z/OS puts in an IODF. That "FBASCSI" thing isn't in the IOCP manual and z/VM doesn't require it. We simply require that you define an FCP CHPID and some number of IODEVICEs on that chpid. EDEVICE <edev> TYPE FBA .... FCP_DEVICE <iodevice> ... All installation references to a real FBA device are a reference to an <edev>. > Last, I'd LOVE to open a PMR. But the Fine Arts folk who own this box bought > it on a shoestring (read: "No Support Contract"). Note that it also means you cannot upgrade your z/VM for free. Any future upgrade will require payment of the OTC fees again. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott