Sam Knutson was giving out CBT CD's with iplable ZZSA on them at the very first SHARE I attended. And it saved my ass once.
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of Ed Jaffe > Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2021 7:17 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: IPL from SCSI DVD or via NVMe > > On 3/14/2021 6:59 PM, Timothy Sipples wrote: > > If you mean the HMC DVD (or, in recent model HMCs and virtual > HMCs/HMAs, a > > USB-attached flash drive), the z/OS Customized Offerings Driver can IPL > > from that disc or flash drive. The z/OS COD includes at least the > > functional equivalent of the DFSMSdss Stand-Alone Services if that's what > > you mean. In the IBM-MAIN archives there are prior z/OS COD discussions. > > > > Is that what you're looking for? > > Yes, that's helpful as it suggests it can be done. But, I want to create > the stand-alone IPL utilities myself. > > Essentially, I want to copy the latest stand-alone DSF and stand-alone > DSS (and perhaps even z/VM DDR) -- with the latest APAR/PTFs applied -- > from my system to one of these "alternate" IPL locations, but so far > I've been unable to find instructions for doing so... > > -- > Phoenix Software International > Edward E. Jaffe > 831 Parkview Drive North > El Segundo, CA 90245 > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.phoenixsoftware.com/__;!!JmP > EgBY0HMszNaDT!6YTpwyXZYVuNVi16zpL_nbfz3j7G- > SjgiTv5Y6jPlLPMGMJqLwJDi2d_5SIHAQ$ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This e-mail message, including any attachments, appended messages and > the > information contained therein, is for the sole use of the intended > recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient or have otherwise > received this email message in error, any use, dissemination, distribution, > review, storage or copying of this e-mail message and the information > contained therein is strictly prohibited. If you are not an intended > recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies > of this email message and do not otherwise utilize or retain this email > message or any or all of the information contained therein. Although this > email message and any attachments or appended messages are believed to > be > free of any virus or other defect that might affect any computer system into > which it is received and opened, it is the responsibility of the recipient > to ensure that it is virus free and no responsibility is accepted by the > sender for any loss or damage arising in any way from its opening or use. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
