Download a copy of ZZSA and burn it to a CD. Have Operations IPL that CD and use it to explore the volumes, specifically the Resvol and IPL required volumes (IODF Volume etc). From there you should have an idea as to what is actually broken.
Jerry Whitteridge Lead Systems Programmer Safeway Inc. 925 951 4184 If you feel in control you just aren't going fast enough. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Finnell Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 5:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: z10 IPL from Utility Tape Think the key is get a working VM system by whatever means available. From there validate IO config. Attach a few devices and see if they've got any data. Make a z/OS guest with required devices and see if it will fly. In a message dated 5/7/2014 5:54:34 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: If the original volume was not IPL'able, then maybe the IPL data got damaged. You could try updating the IPL data on the RES volume from the starter system. If in the worst case, you should still be able to re-use existing volumes. Hardware support told you the DS6800 is fine. Instead of purging and reconfigure, you should be able to retain the current volumes. If you have access to the existing user definitions, then you should be able to retain existing user volumes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN "Email Firewall" made the following annotations. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Warning: All e-mail sent to this address will be received by the corporate e-mail system, and is subject to archival and review by someone other than the recipient. This e-mail may contain proprietary information and is intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s). If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient(s), you are notified that you have received this message in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately. ============================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
