As I said I know there are multiple ways to do what I wanted. I actually use several different ways of doing it depending on the situation.
I have a small 5.4 running 2nd level that I test apply maintenance on before any 1st level install. It has a virtual CTC to 1st level RSCS and I send files back and forth that way. When I roll out new upgraded releases with a new res, I use the shared minidisk (R/W on 1st level, R/O on 2nd) to move files up and swap if I need to go the other way. In this case I was going to have 6 different systems IPL'd under the same id (obviously not at the same time). Felt the PUNCH was easiest. Bob Bates Enterprise Hosting Services w. (469)892-6660 c. (214) 907-5071 "This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation." -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Fran Hensler Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 12:13 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Old question I've been using this method ever since I migrated from VM/SP 3 to 4. Works great! Only once did I screw up because I had both minidisks in R/W mode and it was easy to recover by reformatting the minidisk. /Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania USA for 46 years mailto:f...@zvm.sru.edu http://zvm.sru.edu/~fjh +1.724.738.2153 "Yes, Virginia, there is a Slippery Rock" -------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:34:57 -0600 Mike Walter said: > {snip} I'll offer another >simple method disk-to-disk copy technique (usable by those not >permitted to download tools): Define a minidisk on both systems, on the >same DASD at the same extents for both systems.
