>From your VM ID, you must have accessed DFSMS 1B5 MDISK. LINK DFSMS 01B5 01B5 RR DFSMSRM MOUNT VOL 103737 (RDEV 435 ATTACH WATERSR VDEV 181
Ray Waters From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Ifurung, ism...@cio Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 4:17 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Stand-alone IPL of a Virtual tape The other LPAR would be z/OS. What would be the equivalent z/OS command with same functionality like vm's 'DFSMSRM MOUNT' . I asked the MVS person; I googled, but so far nothing. Thanks. Ismael ________________________________ From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of O'Brien, Dennis L Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 10:11 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Stand-alone IPL of a Virtual tape Ismael, You can issue the mount command from another LPAR. If the other LPAR is z/VM, this can be a VMTAPE MOUNT or DFSMSRM MOUNT command. If you have only one z/VM LPAR, then you'll have to issue the mount from z/OS. I don't know the command for that. Another option is to have a small system on disk that can be used to recover your main system. Normally, you would maintain the small system as a guest of your main system, but you would configure it so that it can also be IPLed first level. If you have to recover your main system in its usual datacenter, just IPL the small system and start your restores. For disaster recovery, you could backup and restore the small system using full volume dumps from z/OS. Note that this works for restores, but not standalone dump. For standalone dump, you need to have another LPAR available to IPL the small system. If you IPL it in the LPAR that you want to dump, the IPL will destroy the data that you want to dump. Dennis O'Brien I couldn't remember how to throw a boomerang, but eventually it came back to me. From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Ifurung, ism...@cio Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 15:25 To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: [IBMVM] Stand-alone IPL of a Virtual tape We are starting to implement a virtual tape system in our VM system; they are planning to get rid of our silos. To us, it is a black box; the zOS guys say "just mount these volumes on these tape devices; treat them like real cartridge on real 3490 drives and you're good to go." I've tested the volumes & devices using RMSMASTR, VMTAPE, VMBACKUP, DDR and for the most part, they work well. My question is: Recovery process usually starts with a stand-alone program, like DSF or DDR. If we have to IPL a stand-alone program like DDR that happens to be in a virtual volume onto a bare LPAR, how is this done? Thanks for any info. Ismael ________________________________ NOTICE: This e-mail is intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise exempt from disclosure. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify us by replying to the original message at the listed email address. Thank You.
