Making DDRXA Loadable in a Virtual Machine

If DDRXA resides on tape, it is already loadable.

If the DDRXA program resides in a file on a DASD volume, do one of the following:
  • Dump a copy of the program to tape
  • Place a copy of the program in your virtual reader.

To dump the DDRXA program to tape, use the CMS FILEDEF and MOVEFILE commands.

For example, suppose you want to dump to tape a loadable version of the DDRXA program. The program resides on the K disk with a file name and file type of IPL DDRXA. To put this file on tape, do the following:

  1. Ask the operator to:
    • Mount on a tape drive a scratch tape enabled for writing
    • Attach the tape drive to your virtual machine as virtual device number 181.
  2. Define for the MOVEFILE command the file you want to move to tape. Enter:
    filedef in disk ipl ddrxaxa s
  3. Define for the MOVEFILE command the tape drive to which you want to move the file. Enter:
    filedef out tap1 (recfm f lrecl 80 block 80
  4. Wait for CP to send you a message that the tape drive has been attached.
  5. Move the DDRXA file from disk to tape. Enter:
    movefile in out

To place a copy of the DDRXA program in your virtual reader:

  1. If DDRXA does not reside on the CMS system volume, link to the minidisk that contains the program.
  2. Bring up CMS in your virtual machine. Enter:
    ipl 190
    Or, if your installation has installed CMS in a named saved system, enter:
    ipl cmsname
    where cmsname is the name of your CMS system.
  3. Route punch spool files to your virtual reader. Enter:
    spool punch *
  4. Punch a copy of the DDRXA program and name the resulting punch file IPL DDRXA. Enter:
    punch ipl DDRXA * (noheader

You now have a copy of the DDRXA program in your virtual reader.