It will all fit on a Mod 27. As below, Start with Mark Zelden's example. Tailor for your needs. I did find that a separate SYSCAT volume made the subsequent steps of recovery easier.. I IPL the single system to refresh the other copy of the single system and a resuce SYSCAT, then IPL each Lpar (4 monolex) with the refreshed SYSRES/SYSCAT pair.
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of R.S. > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2019 1:52 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: HCD question > > See Mark Zelden's Utilities. > Or just make it yourself, it's not black magic. > Recipe: > Review your sandbox/tech system. Note all your volumes. Try to put as much > as possible on same volume. Shrink opeational datasets (page, spool, RACF > db) as possible. > Delete all SMPE operational datasets (CSI, LTS, xLOGs, PTS, etc.). > Delete all DLIB libraries. > > Last, but not least: without any of the above you are able to put all the > stuff > on ONE volume. Take EAV... > > BTW: what's wrong in 5-pack or 8-pack OS? > We already know that single EAV can be much larger than n-pack... > > -- > Radoslaw Skorupka > Lodz, Poland > > > > > > > W dniu 2019-01-14 o 17:05, scott Ford pisze: > > Guys: > > > > I want to build a three pack rescue system , where do i find the 'how to ' > > ...?? > > > > Scott > > > > On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 10:51 AM R.S. > <r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl> > > wrote: > > > >> W dniu 2019-01-14 o 13:16, Tony Thigpen pisze: > >>> We have a 3-pack rescue system that was built by a person long-gone. > >>> On the 3-pack system, there are several IODF files. I need to update > >>> the current IODF file. > >>> > >>> But, the IODF files on the rescue packs are not cataloged to the > >>> production z/OS. When I use the HCD panels, it does not appear that > >>> there is a way to specify the volume where the file is located, so HCD > >>> always says the file can not be found. > >>> > >>> Is there a way to specify the volume, along with the name, when using > >>> the panel? Or, a command to start the panels using the uncataloged > >>> IODF file? > >>> > >> BTDT many times. > >> Few ways: > >> 1. Just copy hlq.IODF to the3-pack system and have in ming this file > >> will be uncataloged from 3-pack system point of view. However this is > >> quite OK for IPL. In addition put packed version (DSS DUMP, IDCAMS > >> EXPORT) of the IODF just to unpack it under 3-pack system. > >> > >> 2. Use cross-system cataloging, which is allowed for VSAM files with > >> HLQ=SYS1. So your IODF will be in your MCAT and in 3-packs's MCAT. Not > >> convenient, but feasible. You can still use the newest (uncataloged in > >> 3-pack) IODF for IPL and then recatalog it. > >> > >> 3. Take the smallest volume, name it SHARED or as you want. Put there > >> UCAT and define alias, lets say AAAA. Name your iodf files: AAAA.IODFxx. > >> Import connect the UCAT in you 3-pack system and any other system. > Done > >> once work forever. Suggested way IMHO. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Radoslaw Skorupka > >> Lodz, Poland > >> > > =========================================================== > =========== > > Jeśli nie jesteś adresatem tej wiadomości: > > - powiadom nas o tym w mailu zwrotnym (dziękujemy!), > - usuń trwale tę wiadomość (i wszystkie kopie, które wydrukowałeś lub > zapisałeś na dysku). > Wiadomość ta może zawierać chronione prawem informacje, które może > wykorzystać tylko adresat.Przypominamy, że każdy, kto rozpowszechnia > (kopiuje, rozprowadza) tę wiadomość lub podejmuje podobne działania, > narusza prawo i może podlegać karze. > > mBank S.A. z siedzibą w Warszawie, ul. Senatorska 18, 00-950 > Warszawa,www.mBank.pl, e-mail: kont...@mbank.pl. Sąd Rejonowy dla m. st. > Warszawy XII Wydział Gospodarczy Krajowego Rejestru Sądowego, KRS > 0000025237, NIP: 526-021-50-88. Kapitał zakładowy (opłacony w całości) > według stanu na 01.01.2018 r. wynosi 169.248.488 złotych. > > If you are not the addressee of this message: > > - let us know by replying to this e-mail (thank you!), > - delete this message permanently (including all the copies which you have > printed out or saved). > This message may contain legally protected information, which may be used > exclusively by the addressee.Please be reminded that anyone who > disseminates (copies, distributes) this message or takes any similar action, > violates the law and may be penalised. > > mBank S.A. with its registered office in Warsaw, ul. Senatorska 18, 00-950 > Warszawa,www.mBank.pl, e-mail: kont...@mbank.pl. District Court for the > Capital City of Warsaw, 12th Commercial Division of the National Court > Register, KRS 0000025237, NIP: 526-021-50-88. Fully paid-up share capital > amounting to PLN 169,248,488 as at 1 January 2018. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN