An alternative to "An image that can have access to all Linux disks" is a sharable rescue system on read-only dasd that any Linux VM userid can LINK and boot from. Like the Linux install system IPL-ed from the guest's reader, it has access to all the guest's disks.
-------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail, including any attachments, may be confidential, privileged or otherwise legally protected. It is intended only for the addressee. If you received this e-mail in error or from someone who was not authorized to send it to you, do not disseminate, copy or otherwise use this e-mail or its attachments. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete the e-mail from your system. -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port on behalf of Tom Duerbusch Sent: Fri 6/29/2007 5:34 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Backup and Restore Strategies For Z/Linux <snip> I experimented with using the Linux install system (when you IPL the reader when under VM), to link over to the bad system. That seemed to work. It was fine for manual editing of configuration files, but didn't include all the software necessary to access my restore media and the restore programs. I thought about, but haven't gotten around to it yet, of having a Linux image as a "repair facility". An image that can have access to all Linux disks, and procedures setup for "repairing" a damaged image (either manually or by a logical restore). But so far, haven't had the time. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
