IODFs or CSS/OS Compare Reports (CBDSCOMP)

This HCD function compares two IODFs and reports the differences. You can compare the IODFs from the CSS, OS, and switch perspective.

In addition, you can limit the CSS, OS, and switch perspective by single compare reports, and the CSS perspective by LPARs.

You have to allocate the new IODF with DD name HCDIODFS, and the old IODF with DD name HCDIODFT for comparing IODFs. If you compare the CSS to the OS definition, you always compare within one IODF that must be allocated to HCDIODFS.

You invoke this function by passing the following parameter string.

Print Options for IODF Compare Report

Print Options for CSS/OS Compare Report

Print Options for IODF Compare Report:

Specify one or more of the following print options, without separating characters, in exactly this order. If you do not select an option, the default print options are used (A: Print inserted data, and B: Print deleted data). That means, HCD prints a report of

• IDs of added or deleted objects, and those objects, that have added or deleted relations
• IDs of added relations
• Attributes of objects that are different in both IODFs

A

Print inserted data:

When you select this option, HCD prints a report of all attributes, and relations of added objects.

B

Print deleted data:

When you select this option, HCD prints a report of all attributes, and relations of deleted objects.

C

Print unchanged data:

When you select this option, HCD prints a report of all attributes, and relations of unchanged objects.

D

Print unchanged item IDs

When you select this option, HCD prints a report of the IDs of unchanged objects. But this applies only, if the Print unchanged data option is not selected.

CL | C | OL | O | SL | S

Type of the report. Specify one or more of the following codes in any order, with no separating characters:

CL

Limit the CSS compare report by single compare reports and LPARs

PR

Processor compare

PF

PCIe Function compare

CS

Channel subsystem compare

PA

Partition compare

CP

Channel path compare

CA

Control unit attachment compare

DA

Device attachment compare

CU

Control unit compare

DV

Device compare

procid1

New processor ID

partn1

Partition name of the new processor ID

cssid1

selected CSS ID of the new XMP processor, either appended by a # and in parenthesis or appended by a dot (.). If the CSS ID is specified for one processor only (old or new), the CSS ID for the other processor is defaulted to CSS ID 0.

procid2

Old processor ID

partn2

Partition name of the old processor

cssid2

selected CSS ID of the old XMP processor, either appended by a # and in parenthesis or appended by a dot (.)

C

Indicates CSS compare report

procid1

New processor ID

cssid1

selected CSS ID of the new XMP processor, either appended by a # and in parenthesis or appended by a dot (.). If the CSS ID is specified for one processor only (old or new), the CSS ID for the other processor is defaulted to CSS ID 0.

procid2

Old processor ID

cssid2

selected CSS ID of the old XMP processor, either appended by a # and in parenthesis or appended by a dot (.)

OL

Limit OS compare report by single compare reports

OS

Operating system compare

NI

OS console compare

OD

OS device compare

osid1

New operating system ID

osid2

Old operating system ID

O

Indicates OS compare report

osid1

New operating system ID

osid2

Old operating system ID

SL

Limit switch compare report by single compare reports

SW

Switch compare

PO

Switch port compare

SC

Switch configuration compare

PC

Port configuration compare

swid1

New switch ID

swid2

Old switch ID

S

Indicates SWITCH compare report

swid1

New switch ID

swid2

Old switch ID

Print Options for CSS/OS Compare Report:

C

Print all devices

No Selection

If no selection is made, only devices are printed that are

• Defined for the CSS, but not for the OS
• Defined for the OS, but not for the CSS
• Defined for both, but of different device type

D

Indicates CSS/OS compare

procid

Processor ID

partn

Partition name. For more information, see Compare CSS / Operating System Views.

osid

Operating system ID

FILEDEF statements are required for the following files when invoking HCD: