Steps for provisioning a z/OS software instance
This topic describes the steps for provisioning a z/OS software instance.
Before you begin
This procedure assumes that you have a z/OS system available to use for provisioning the z/OS instance, with at least a default domain configured. If you prefer, you can use another domain for provisioning the z/OS instance.
- Provisioning system
- An existing z/OS system that is used to provision (create) the new z/OS system. Also referred to as the driving system.
- Source system
- An existing z/OS system that is used for copying source libraries to the provisioned system. The source system must be identified in z/OSMF as a software instance.
- Provisioned system
- The new z/OS system that is created when the z/OS provisioning template is run successfully. Also referred to as the target system.
About this task
Use this procedure to provision a z/OS software instance in your environment.
Procedure
What to do next
To verify that the z/OS software instance is provisioned, try to log in to the system. You can, for example, use ssh or TN3270 to connect to the provisioned system host name, or open a web browser to z/OSMF to the provisioned system host name.
- In the Software Services task, select .
- In the Private Variables tab, you can obtain the host
name from the variable
fq_hostname
.
- Select the Instances tab.
- In the instances table, select the z/OS instance.
- Click Perform, then select the action Shutdown.
- Click OK.
- In the instances table, select the z/OS instance.
- Click Perform, then select the action IPL.
- Click OK.
When you no longer need the z/OS software instance, you can deprovision it: Deprovision action quiesces the partition, removes the operational data sets, deletes the master catalog, and initializes the volumes. The LPAR pool entry is returned back to the LPAR pool so that a new z/OS can be provisioned on that LPAR.
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