No need to re-ipl .. just format the page volumes, allocate as page, label correctly and attach them to the system...
Scott Rohling On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 6:13 AM, Rich Smrcina <r...@velocitysoftware.com>wrote: > For your initial IPL at DR, you won't need your PAGE packs at all... yes, > the IPL will complain. As long as AUTOLOG1/2 isn't kicking off lots of other > machines at DR time, you'll be just fine. Then an exec can format the page > volumes... re-ipl and all is good. You will need spool space, so you might > as well copy it (or keep a small spool area available only with the NSS > files, JUST for DR). > > > On 08/09/2011 07:03 AM, Crabtree, Anne D wrote: > >> >> I currently back up all my z/vm packs (res,page,spool) via an adrdssu job >> on z/os each Sunday. At the DR site, I run an adrdssu restore job for these >> packs. >> >> This method works fine, however, I’m wondering if backing up the page >> packs is necessary? I was thinking that maybe I could backup only 1 page >> pack so that I can get z/vm up and then just init the remaining packs after >> coming up. Since the page packs are listed as cpvols in system config, would >> z/vm even come up if it couldn’t find all of them? Seems like a waste of >> time to back them up… >> >> At DR site, we bring up a z/os “rescue” system in order to run restore >> jobs for both z/os and z/vm volumes. Afterwards, our z/vm and z/os systems >> run as second level guests. Maybe I need a “rescue” z/vm system as well? >> >> Just wondering what everyone else does. >> >> Anne D. Crabtree >> >> System Programmer >> >> WV Office of Technology Data Center >> >> 1900 Kanawha Blvd East >> >> Charleston, WV 25305 >> >> (304)558-5914 ext 58292 >> >> (304)558-1441 fax >> >> > > -- > Rich Smrcina > Velocity Software, Inc. > http://www.velocitysoftware.**com <http://www.velocitysoftware.com> > > Catch the WAVV! http://www.wavv.org > WAVV 2012 - April 13-17, 2012 Covington, KY >
