I should clarify and say that to install from 'DVD' - .. you can have the DVD mounted under any workstation/server (including the HMC) that is accessible to z/VM via the network so FTP can be used to do the install and retrieve the zVM parts. I myself typically just use a .iso file mounted under a Linux workstation -- and ftp to that. I've never actually tried a minidisk install myself....
Scott Rohling On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Scott Rohling <scott.rohl...@gmail.com>wrote: > You're not installing from a VM minidisk - you're installing from a DVD .. > no? So you can ignore this part... > > There are some other disks that you need defined (a 22CC and others as I > recall) -- and I always just defined them using temp space to do the > install: > > DEF T3390 22CC 5 > FORMAT 22CC B > > They aren't needed after the install - so I never saw the point of setting > them up in the directory unless you don't use TDISK space... also as I > recall - none are bigger than a few hundred cylinders.. > > Scott Rohling > > > On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Sherry Everhart > <severh...@maccnet.com>wrote: > >> Hello Everyone, >> I need some clarification. I'm trying to figure out how to use DVDs to >> install z/VM 5.4 under z/VM 5.2. In Chapter 4, Plan Your DVD >> Installation, in the "Guide for Automated Installation and Service," under >> Installation methods, Second-level Installation, one of the User ID >> requirements is: >> >> "If installing from a VM minidisk, access to a CMS-formatted minidisk that >> is the equivalent of at least 4500 3390 cylinders." >> >> Our 3390-3 volumes have only 3,339 cylinders on them. What am I missing >> here? >> >> Please go easy on me.... I'm VERY nervous about this upgrade. >> >> Thanks, >> Sherry >> >> P.S. Stephen, I'm willing to learn... :) >> > >
