Migration steps

1. On the Primary Task Selection panel select Migrate configuration data.
2. On the resulting panel select Migrate switch configuration data.

   *--------------- Migrate Switch Configuration Data -------------------*
   |                                                                     |
   |                                                                     |
   |  Migrate switch configuration definitions to:                       |
   |                                                                     |
   |  Switch ID . . . . . . . . . . . . 98       +                       |
   |  Switch configuration ID . . . . . A98BC___ +                       |
   |                                                                     |
   |                                                                     |
   |  From one of the following:                                         |
   |                                                                     |
   |  __  1.  ISPF table                                                 |
   |      2.  Active Director                                            |
   |      3.  Saved Director file                                        |
   *---------------------------------------------------------------------*
   
   

   Specify the switch ID and the switch configuration ID of the empty switch configuration in the IODF to which you want to migrate the data.

   If you have not previously defined the switch and the switch configuration, a panel appears that lets you define them (see Defining switches).

   Select the source from which you want to migrate the switch configuration.

3. A panel appears on which you can define the source:
   • From ISPF tables:
     • Specify the name of the ISPF table that contains the configuration.
   • From an active director:
     • Specify the device number of the switch.
   • From a saved director file:
     • Specify the name of the switch file.
     • Specify the device number of the switch from which the switch file is to be taken.

   The following panel is displayed when you are migrating from a saved switch file.

   *------- Migrate from Saved Director File ---------*
   |                                                  |
   |                                                  |
   |  Specify the following values.                   |
   |                                                  |
   |  Director file name . . . . ________             |
   |  Director device number . . ____                 |
   |                                                  |
   *--------------------------------------------------*
   
   

   Note:

   The source of the switch configuration as specified in the switch device number field does not have to be the switch as specified in the Switch ID field on the Migrate Switch Configuration Data panel. It is possible to take a switch configuration from any switch and save it with HCD for another switch. However, the description of each port connection is saved with the switch configuration, and has to be updated to reflect the real channel path and control unit connections of the target switch.

Changing port names

In HCD, port names are saved with the ports, because the port names reflect the connections of a port. When migrating switch configurations with different port names to HCD, the IODF reflects the port names defined in the switch configuration that were migrated last.

Changing hardware status of a port

If the migration source contains ports set to installed and the existing IODF contains the same ports set to uninstalled, the hardware status after the migration depends on the kind of source: