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Migrating to Mainframe zEnterprise DASD

This chapter presents hints, tips, and general setup guidelines for establishing a virtualized environment using the operating system volumes from the mainframe zEnterprise. The chapter discusses and provides details for specific items that may require attention when migrating from the vendor-supplied system and DASD volumes to a new environment. Such items are not uniquely constrained. We highlight those that need to be considered generally, while omitting some items that vary with the diverse configurations within individual mainframe shops.

The vendor-provided systems use an excellent naming ...

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