Re: creating DASD

Mike Stramba <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.emulators.hercules390.vm
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I guess if you're hosting MVS under VM, then being able to read the
guest dasd format is a good thing ;)

Have you setup MVS to run in a virtual machine?

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

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 ?

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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