We don't, yet. It's only used for XCF sysplex partitioning activities. I'll keep it in mind, but I'm not going to worry about it for a DR test.
Mark Jacobs ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of Gary DiPillo [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 9:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: zOS under zVM I did not see this mentioned, but, if you use BCPII, it will not be available in your Guest: HWI010I BCPII DOES NOT OPERATE ON A VM GUEST. BCPII INITIALIZATION IS HALTED. If you use BCPII for critical processes you may need a rethink. > Thanks for confirming my own research on the subject. > > Regards, > > Mark Jacobs > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of Mary > Anne Matyaz [[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 9:07 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: zOS under zVM > > Mark, > > Here's my doc on the subject... > > Mary Anne > > Differences b/w running native LPAR and running as a z/VM guest > > In a single system: > > The only issue I’m aware of is some strangeness with your performance > monitors. > > In a SYSPLEX: > > --A new CFRM policy is required, specifying SIMDEV for the coupling facility: > > CF NAME(CFCC1 > TYPE(SIMDEV) > MFG(IBM) > PLANT(EN) > SEQUENCE(0000000CFCC1) > PARTITION(0) > CPCID(00) > DUMPSPACE(2000) > > Type Number (TYPE) - SIMDEV specifies that this is a z/VM simulated message > device type. > Manufacturer (MFG) - IBM® indicates IBM as the manufacturer. > Plant (PLANT) - EN indicates Endicott as the manufacturing plant. > Sequence # (SEQUENCE) - The 12-byte field will contain the CF Service > Machine user ID right justified. Pad all leading unused characters with > EBCDIC zeros. For example, if a CF Service Machine of CFCC1 is specified, > SEQUENCE is 0000000CFCC1. Your DR provider may have a different CF name. > > > --A different CLOCKxx member may be needed specifying SIMETRID: > > TIMEZONE W.04.00.00 > ETRMODE YES > ETRDELTA 10 > ETRZONE YES > SIMETRID 00 > > --Possible CFSizing needed: > > If you are on a processor that has a lower level of CF Code, you may need to > resize your structures. For example, if your DR provider has a z10 (CFLEVEL > 16) and you are running on a z9 (CFLEVEL 15), you may need to increase the > storage size of the CF. > > > >It's been many, many years since we've run our sysplex under zVM. Our next > >DR exercise will be hosted in a VM >environment and I'm looking for any > >environmental setup concerns that I need to consider. > > >I know that we'll have to change LOADxx, but I'm unsure about anything else. > > >Any advice on what I have to do would be greatly appreciated. > > >Mark Jacobs > >Time Customer Service > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
