Re: Scratch Install V7R4 Client Partition from Image Catalog on Host

Le 08/06/2023 à 19:18, Gavin Inman a écrit :

After recovering a server, we lost the image of our Test Client Partition.  Short answer on why, it was a playground and SOMEONE (looking in mirror) forgot to make sure it was backed up.

I'm trying to perform a scratch install of V7R4.

The notes/instructions I have say I need to stick I-BASE into the physical DVD drive to load LIC, etc.

Since I'm 70 miles away from the server, is there a way to boot from an image catalog on the host?

You may want to checkout this redpaper https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/pdfs/redp4937.pdf

There is a chapter wich describes the steps for "Installing a new system from the network"

It is a quite old redpaper so HMC screenshots are not really up-to-date but you can review it and try. It talks about the HMC command line to activate the LPAR but with modern versions you can use the graphic interface.

I"m using an HMC for the config.

Gavin Inman.