RE: creating DASD

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Stramba
> Sent: 07 August 2010 09:29
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [H390-VM] creating DASD
> 
> 
> I guess if you're hosting MVS under VM, then being able to 
> read the guest dasd format is a good thing ;)

It was really for developers. The current CMS does not as far as I know
understand Linux formats but zLinux runs fine. This is a CP/CMS thing.

> 
> Have you setup MVS to run in a virtual machine?
> 

No but others have.

> If so, how do you define the console for MVS?
> 

That's the tricky bit

> It has to be connected before IPL, but before MVS is IPL'd, what does
> a 3270 connect to ? .. kind of a "chicken and the egg'   / catch 22 ?
> 

I don't recall the details, but as IPL drops dialed devices it can be
tricky. Try searching the message archive....

> On 8/7/10, Mike Stramba <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Dave,
> >
> > How do you read MVS volumes in VM ?
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > On 8/7/10, Dave Wade <g4ugm-/rAkYNWUBEC+PENguQupYdBc4/[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> VM should happily read MVS OS volumes and I have used this 
> method to 
> >> copy MVS source from the Turnkey. It won't howeevr write to them...
> >>
> >> As for DASD for a new VM system it depends on what you mean by a 
> >> "new" VM system. If you are restoring from tape, or using 
> a starter 
> >> system tape then "dasdinit" is probably the way to go. 
> However once 
> >> you have created the disk
> >> remember to use the standalone format program to format 
> any CP owned
> >> (paging
> >> and spool) areas on the pack.
> >>
> >> If want to modify a an existing system that's already in Hercules 
> >> then you can use DASDCOPY to copy a disk and optionally 
> merge in any 
> >> shadow files in.
> >>
> >> Dave Wade G4UGM
> >> Illegitimi Non Carborundum
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On 
> >>> Behalf Of Mike Stramba
> >>> Sent: 07 August 2010 07:24
> >>> To: [email protected]
> >>> Subject: Re: [H390-VM] creating DASD
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> AFAIK dasdinit is the only way for VM.
> >>>
> >>> dasdload can load MVS/OS390 type files, you may be able to use it 
> >>> with VM, by "cross communicating " / sending  / converting files 
> >>> to-from VM-MVS, but I don't know if that is going to be useful or 
> >>> not
> >>>
> >>> On 8/6/10, Mike Ward <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>> > Hello all, what's the best way to create dasd for building
> >>> out a new
> >>> > VM system. Is dasdinit the way to go or are there other/better 
> >>> > utilities?
> >>> >
> >>> > Thanks.
> >>> >
> >>>
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