Compare IODFs
You can use the Compare IODFs function to compare
two IODFs and report the differences between them. For greater clarity,
you can limit the compare reports to certain perspectives of the IODF:
- The Processor Compare Report shows differences in the properties of channel subsystems, partitions, CHPIDs, control units, and devices.
- The Switch Compare Report shows differences in the properties of switches and switch configurations.
- The OS Configuration Compare Report shows differences in device parameters, in features, in EDTs, in esoterics, in generics defined for EDTs, and consoles.
To compare IODFs, do the following:
- Select Print or compare configuration data on the Primary Task Selection panel.
- On the Print or Compare Configuration Data panel, select Compare
IODFs. The following panel is displayed: Figure 1. Compare IODFs
┌─────────────────────────────── Compare IODFs ───────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Select the compare reports you want, and specify the following values. │ │ │ │ New IODF name : 'DOCU.IODF01' │ │ Old IODF name . ___________________________________ + │ │ │ │ Select compare reports Limit ? │ │ _ Processor _ Yes │ │ _ Switch _ Yes │ │ _ Operating system _ Yes │ │ │ │ Job statement information │ │ // JOB (ACCOUNT),'NAME' │ │ //* │ │ //* │ │ //* │ │ //* │ │ //* │ │ │ │ F1=Help F2=Split F3=Exit F4=Prompt F5=Reset F9=Swap │ │ F12=Cancel │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘On this panel, select one or more compare report(s). In addition, you can set the limit option. When the limit option is set, the related limiting panels will come up.
On the Limit Processor Compare Reports panel, you can limit the processor compare reports by selecting one or more of the specific compare reports. You can limit the reports by specifying values for a processor or either by specifying values for a channel subsystem or a partition. It is possible to compare an SMP processor to a channel subsystem of an XMP processor. If you want to limit by processor, you must specify the processor IDs for both IODFs. If you limit the processor compare report by partition name, you receive the following results:- The report will contain the channel subsystem in which the partition is defined.
- Channel path compare will only contain channel paths which have the limiting partition in their access or candidate list.
- Control unit compare will only include the control units related to channel paths which have the limiting partition in their access or candidate list.
- Device compare will only include the devices connected via channel paths which have the limiting partition in their access or candidate list.
Figure 2. Limit Processor Compare Reports┌────────────── Limit Processor Compare Reports ──────────────┐ │ │ │ Select one or more of the processor compare reports. │ │ │ │ _ Processor Compare │ │ _ Channel Subsystem Compare │ │ _ PCIe Function Compare │ │ _ Partition Compare │ │ _ Channel Path Compare │ │ _ Control Unit Attachment Compare │ │ _ Device Attachment Compare │ │ _ Control Unit Compare │ │ _ Device Compare │ │ │ │ To limit the reports, specify the following values. │ │ │ │ New IODF Old IODF │ │ Processor ID . . . . . . ________ + ________ + │ │ Channel Subsystem ID _ + _ + │ │ Partition name . . . . . ________ + ________ + │ │ │ │ F1=Help F2=Split F3=Exit F4=Prompt F5=Reset │ │ F9=Swap F12=Cancel │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘On the Limit Switch Compare Reports panel, you can limit the switch compare reports by one or more of the specific compare reports. In addition, you can limit the reports by specifying a switch ID for both, the new and the old IODF.
Figure 3. Limit Switch Compare Reports┌─────────────── Limit Switch Compare Reports ───────────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ Select one or more of the switch compare reports. │ │ │ │ _ Switch Compare │ │ _ Switch Port Compare │ │ _ Switch Configuration Compare │ │ _ Port Configuration Compare │ │ │ │ To limit the report, specify the following values: │ │ │ │ New IODF Old IODF │ │ Switch ID . . . __ + __ + │ │ │ │ F1=Help F2=Split F3=Exit F4=Prompt F5=Reset │ │ F9=Swap F12=Cancel │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘On the Limit Operating System Compare Reports panel, you can limit the operating system compare reports by one or more of the specific compare reports. In addition, you can limit the reports by specifying an operating system ID for both, the new and the old IODF.
Figure 4. Limit Operating System Compare Reports┌─────────── Limit Operating Systems Compare Reports ───────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ Select one or more of the operating system compare reports. │ │ │ │ _ Operating Systems Compare │ │ _ EDT Compare │ │ _ Generic Compare │ │ _ Generic Update Compare │ │ _ Esoteric Compare │ │ _ OS Console Compare │ │ _ OS Device Compare │ │ │ │ To limit the report, specify the following values: │ │ │ │ New IODF Old IODF │ │ Operating system ID . . ________ + ________ + │ │ │ │ │ │ F1=Help F2=Split F3=Exit F4=Prompt F5=Reset │ │ F9=Swap F12=Cancel │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘