z/VM install files and Hercules

macromraco

Jan 11, 2008

Hello guys,

I'm new in this Mainframe world and I have a question:

I have the z/VM installation DVD and would like to install it on
Hercules. According to some posts that I saw in the list, it is not
possible to install it using the DVD image itself, so is there a way
to generate a tape or multiple CD structure with the DVD content,
aggregate it to Hercules and install the z/VM os?

Thank you guys!
Marcio

7:28 pm

Re: z/VM install files and Hercules

azavedo

Jan 13, 2008

Hi. I have not done this before but Hercules does not have the ability
to install software available on CDs/DVDs (like the Load from CDROM or
server option available from the Hardware Management Console HMC
available for 'real iron'). I would be interested if there is a way to
install mainframe software using CDs/DVDs.

--- In hercules-390@yahoogroups.com, "macromraco" <jdob@...> wrote:
>
> Hello guys,
>
> I'm new in this Mainframe world and I have a question:
>
> I have the z/VM installation DVD and would like to install it on
> Hercules. According to some posts that I saw in the list, it is not
> possible to install it using the DVD image itself, so is there a way
> to generate a tape or multiple CD structure with the DVD content,
> aggregate it to Hercules and install the z/VM os?
>
> Thank you guys!
> Marcio
>

9:10 pm

Re: z/VM install files and Hercules

Jay Maynard

Jan 13, 2008

On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 09:10:15PM -0000, azavedo wrote:
> Hi. I have not done this before but Hercules does not have the ability
> to install software available on CDs/DVDs (like the Load from CDROM or
> server option available from the Hardware Management Console HMC
> available for 'real iron'). I would be interested if there is a way to
> install mainframe software using CDs/DVDs.

Actually, it does. Mount the CD on your system, then start Hercules with an
appropriate config file and say "ipl <filename>", where <filename> is the
full path to the .ins file on the CD.

The reason that z/VM 5.2 and higher can't be installed from DVD on Hercules
is not that it can't get to the data, but rather that that OS requires a
device that Hercules doesn't emulate: a SYSG console, a 3270 device accessed
through the service processor. It's been reported that you can install z/VM
5.2 and higher if you use an already-installed copy of z/VM as a driving
system.
--
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http://jmaynard.livejournal.com http://www.tronguy.net
http://www.hercules-390.org (Yes, that's me!)
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9:18 pm