> talking to the original WWPN Too bad LUNs can't be virtualized the way DASD can.
> If anyone knows of another method that gets around all this error prone > stuff, I'd like to know too. :) How about: -) Have a system to be cloned (golden image) mounted on a cloning system (controller) -) Chroot to it -) Modify networking info, host name, LUN, etc in appropriate files -) mkinitrd -) zipl -) exit Now you have a LUN that can be copied and should IPL correctly. (you may then want to go back and reset the text files in the golden image to a known state) > Maybe someone could write up a big bash script to handle it all > automatically... That's basically what the clone script is in the "LPAR to Virtual Servers in Two Days" redbook is. It utilizes VM's FLASHCOPY command - I guess there is no parallel to the "h/w services to copy the LUN.", so the process would have to be more manual. "Mike MacIsaac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (845) 433-7061 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
