By the way. If I go the route of the network FTP server. Is there any setting in the hmc that needs to be addressed to allow access to a network FTP server?
Thanks On Tuesday, February 3, 2015, Steve P <steve.lin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Tuesday, February 3, 2015, Alan Altmark <alan_altm...@us.ibm.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','alan_altm...@us.ibm.com');>> wrote: > >> On Tuesday, 02/03/2015 at 01:56 EST, Steve P <steve.lin...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > > But no DVD drive and no USB drives. They are accessed differently. >> > > Without the additional support that Mark referred to in one of his >> first >> > > responses, the installer cannot access the removable media on the HMC. >> > >> > So setup a remote network bases FTP server that can communicate with the >> > hmc IP ports and load that remote server with the files in those 2 >> > install DVDs. Or enable FTP access to mass storage media by giving it >> the >> > IP address of the Lpar? >> >> Not quite, no. Having been loaded by the firmware from the DVD, the >> installer wants to reach out and get the files. It can't get them from >> the DVD directly because it doesn't know how (no driver). So it has no >> choice but to use an IP network connection to a file server (ftp). > > > So for the FTP file server I can use the hmc enable FTP access to mass > storage media giving the installer the IP address of the hmc. And giving > the lpar IP address to the hmc FTP facility (for lack of a > better name/word). I just want to know for sure If this is valid option > for me. If not then I will abandon it and move to other options. > > >> To use an IP network, the installer needs two different IP addresses; one >> for the itself and one for the FTP server. Those IP addresses must be >> able to communicate, either directly or over a router. The network config >> data you supply to the installer must reflect the proper subnet masks, >> router IPs, etc. etc. > > > Understood > > > >> >> > > When you the "Load from removable media or FTP server" recovery task, >> that >> > > media is automatically authorized to be accessed by the LPAR, and it >> > > remains so until the LPAR is deactivated, you load another LPAR from >> that >> > > same media, or you manually release the media. (I don't remember if >> > > placing the back-up media into the drive causes it to be disconnected >> from >> > > the LPAR or not.) >> > >> > So after the LOAD from removable media DVD and the the Installer starts >> > the installation prompting for network configuration. And then asks for >> > the FTP server IP address, Does the Lpar or Linux installer is >> > still authorized to access the DVD or not? I would think yes since it >> > hasnt been use again since the Load. >> >> If it helps, know that there are special instructions that must be used to >> read the data from the DVD from inside the LPAR. The LPAR is still >> authorized to use those instructions (like VM TCP/IP does), but without >> that removable media device driver, the authorization does it no good. >> >> > The special instructions you're talking about is the proverbial device > driver that IBM is yet to develop/allow. Correct? So for now an IP network > is best? > > > >> > > But if Linux gets a driver for the HMC removable media, it will be >> able to >> > > access the removable media or the remote FTP server to complete the >> > > installation without having to have a network connection to the LPAR >> > > itself. >> > >> > So there is not a driver for in Linux for the hmc removable media. Not >> yet >> > from IBM. >> >> Correct, though an earlier comment from Mark made it sound like someone is >> looking at it. >> >> Alan Altmark >> >> Senior Managing z/VM and Linux Consultant >> Lab Services System z Delivery Practice >> IBM Systems & Technology Group >> ibm.com/systems/services/labservices >> office: 607.429.3323 >> mobile; 607.321.7556 >> alan_altm...@us.ibm.com >> IBM Endicott >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or >> visit >> http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For more information on Linux on System z, visit >> http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
