Some of the stuff you mentioned is actually saved on the SE (Support Element) PC. The hardware definition (lpar profiles) is stored on the SE. The only OSA definitions that I know of that would need backing up is for the OSA-ICC cards. There is an export function to copy OSA-ICC definition information. There is a function on the HMC to backup any custom groups you created on the HMC.
Paul Feller AIT Mainframe Technical Support -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of James M Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 6:26 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: HMC backup What is the preferred method to back up the configuration defined on the HMC for a z/890? I'm concerned about lpar, osa, ica, and hardware definitions....basically everything such that if the HMC were destroyed I could easily recover. I haven't poked around there a lot but wondered if there was a way to get into the underlying unix/linux system, create a tarball of the config and ftp it somewhere for safekeeping. Or am I worrying needlessly? If the hmc were to melt down would not one of the laptops attached to the cpu itself also have the same info?
