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IBM z/VM and Linux on IBM System z: Virtualization Cookbook for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
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IBM z/VM and Linux on IBM System z: Virtualization Cookbook for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

by Gregory Geiselhart, Yohichi Hara, Bradford Hinson, Kyle Smith, Chris Young
September 2006
Beginner to intermediate
232 pages
7h 30m
English
IBM Redbooks
Content preview from IBM z/VM and Linux on IBM System z: Virtualization Cookbook for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Chapter 4. Installing and configuring z/VM 45
4.5.3 Updating the SYSTEM CONFIG file
Follow these steps to update the SYSTEM CONFIG file:
1. Now that the many PAGE and PERM volumes are ready for use, you must add them to
the SYSTEM CONFIG file, so that z/VM knows about them. Example 4-15 uses the same
steps to access the MAINT CF1 disk read/write that you used earlier.
Example 4-15 Updating the SYSTEM CONFIG with the DASD
==> q cpdisk
Label Userid Vdev Mode Stat Vol-ID Rdev Type StartLoc EndLoc
MNTCF1 MAINT 0CF1 A R/O 520RES 0200 CKD 39 83
MNTCF2 MAINT 0CF2 B R/O 520RES 0200 CKD 84 128
MNTCF3 MAINT 0CF3 C R/O 520RES 0200 CKD 129 188
==> cprel a
CPRELEASE ...
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