Performing stand-alone restore (bare-metal recovery)

You can use the stand-alone restore process to recover a one-pack system (light-weight IPLable z/OS system on one volume) that has a BMC AMI Cloud agent installed. Once the one-pack system is up and running, you can easily start the agent and restore the rest of the data by using the BMC AMI Cloud web UI or CLI commands.

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Using

To perform a stand-alone restore of BMC AMI Cloud full volume dumps, you can IPL a recovery program over the network by using a standard feature of the system zHMC and restore volumes located in the network-attached storage or detachable media.

Before you begin

Make sure you have completed the following tasks to be able to perform a stand-alone restore:

Task

Action

Topic

1

Complete the tasks necessary to use the stand-alone restore

2

Install the stand-alone program

3

Prepare a stand-alone copy

To perform a stand-alone restore from an FTP source

You can perform a stand-alone restore from an FTP source by using a server with an FTP service that can be reached from the Hardware Management Console (HMC).

Perform the following steps:

  1. Copy the three DFDSS files and the stand-alone copy to an accessible directory on that server.
  2. If you are using the BMC AMI Cloud management server, verify that you have an FTP service installed.

  3. From your HMC, select Recovery > Load from Removable Media or Server: 

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  4. Choose the media that holds the stand alone copy. 

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  5. IPL the system. 

    5694-A01  DFSMSDSS  STAND-ALONE V1.12.0
    ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 5694-A01     COPYRIGHT IBM CORP. 1980, 2011.
    LICENSED MATERIAL - PROGRAM PROPERTY OF IBM.
    US GOVERNMENT USERS RESTRICTED RIGHTS -
    USE, DUPLICATION, OR DISCLOSURE RESTRICTED BY
    GSA ADP SCHEDULE CONTRACT WITH IBM CORP.

    ADRY005E DEFINE INPUT DEVICE, REPLY 'DDDD,CCUU' OR 'CONSOLE'
    ENTER INPUT/COMMAND:
    CONSOLE
    ADRY006E DEFINE OUTPUT DEVICE, REPLY 'DDDD,CCUU' OR 'CONSOLE'
    ENTER INPUT/COMMAND:
    CONSOLE
    SA/XA/ESA   5694-A01 DFSMSDSS STAND-ALONE V1.12.0             TIME: 08:06:00
            09/01/16     PAGE   1

    ENTER INPUT/COMMAND:
     RESTORE FROMDEV(DVD) TOADDR(3003) PATH('/GIL') FULL NOVERIFY
    ADRY003D 3003 REPLY Y TO ALTER VOLUME CONTENTS, ELSE N
    ENTER INPUT/COMMAND:
    Y

 

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