We used to have z/VM-only machines here. The IOCP was maintained by the z/OS people using HCD. They had a method of using the HMC to import the configuration into the z/VM machine. We didn't use an IODF, just an IOCP. These were 2064's in basic mode, but I would imagine that the process still works for newer machines. I don't know a lot about the process, but I know that none of it involved software or files on z/VM. The HMC talked to both machines, and loaded the IOCDS files without operating system involvement.
Dennis O'Brien "See, I'm a man of simple tastes. I like dynamite, and gunpowder... And gasoline! Do you know what all of these things have in common? They're cheap!" -- Heath Ledger as The Joker, in The Dark Knight From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Wheeler Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 07:42 To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: [IBMVM] Using HCD on an IFL-only Machine We've been running z/VM alongside z/OS, where the I/O config has been managed with HCD by the z/OS folks. No worries! Now we are getting an IFL-only box and want to maintain this organizational relationship. I am not familiar with HCD on z/VM but from doc it looks like IODFs can be managed by z/OS, exported and imported into z/VM, where "a miracle occurs" and the I/O config can be changed dynamically. Is anyone else doing this? Is there any simplifed doc available explaining how this works? Thanks! Mark Wheeler UnitedHealth Group ________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now. <http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469227/direct/01/>
