zzsa can be burned to CD-ROM and IPLed from HMC DVD drive. http://www.cbttape.org/~jjaeger/zzsa.html
On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 11:32 AM, John McKown <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 11:14 AM, Paul Gilmartin < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On 2015-08-26, at 09:59, R.S. wrote: >> >> > W dniu 2015-08-26 o 15:56, John Eells pisze: >> >> >> >> >> >> To avoid any confusion, I should have prefaced this with, "Except when >> using the Customized Offerings Driver (COD), ...." >> >> >> > To complement information about COD: >> > COD can be IPLed from DVD or from ftp server (just like z/VM >> installator), *BUT* data to be restored have to be on DVD inserted in HMC >> (not like z/VM). >> > >> Ummm... What utility can one use to backup to that DVD to restore from? >> Anything better than backup to DASD; FTP (binary, I guess) to desktop; >> burn the DVD on the desktop system? Standalone backup? Ugh! >> > > From a personal perspective, what I think would be nice is a product which > can create "bootable" ISO9660 image, perhaps with a UDF inside. This DVD > image would then be burned to a physical DVD. And, lastly, the DVD should > be bootable from the HMC to run a stand-alone program which can then read > that same DVD, still in the HMC's DVD, communicate with the user via the > HMC (system messages?), and restore the disk image to a z series disk > drive. If you go with the deluxe model, the stand-alone program would be > CUI or GUI to present the user with a disk selection list to allow the user > to select the disk onto which to restore from a "panel" of possibilities. > > The disk backup / DVD image creating program should also be "smart". That > is, I would like it to be able to not only write the bootable ISO to a > tape, or sequential disk data set, but also to be able to send the data > stream to an ftp server or even an HTTPD server so that the ISO image can > be stored on a PC for burning later by the user. What would be really neat > would be an IP attached DVD burner with an embedded ftp server and an > autoloader. > > Ah, the joys of the unobtainable dream. > > > >> >> -- gil >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> > > > > -- > > Schrodinger's backup: The condition of any backup is unknown until a > restore is attempted. > > Yoda of Borg, we are. Futile, resistance is, yes. Assimilated, you will be. > > He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. > > 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone > > Maranatha! <>< > John McKown > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
