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To learn how to back up these volumes to tape, refer to Step 11, Store a backup copy of
the z/VM system on tape, which you can find in Chapter 8 “Load the system image” in
z/VM Guide for Automated Installation and Service, GC204-6099.
4.11 Relabeling the system volumes
Relabeling the system volumes is optional, but recommended. There are times when you will
want to change the volume labels of the five z/VM system volumes (or three, if you installed
onto 3390-3s). If there is a possibility that another vanilla z/VM system with the same labels is
installed onto volumes accessible by your z/VM system, then one of the systems will not IPL
correctly.
When installing z/VM, it is possible to modify all but one volume label, that of the 540RES
volume. This alleviates the problem that is described next, but it does not alleviate the
problem of duplicate volume names.
To understand this possibility, refer to Figure 4-13. The z/VM system with the lower device
addresses starting at E340 should IPL without any problem (although you may see a warning
at system startup time about duplicate volume labels). However, if the z/VM system starting at
device address F000 is IPLed, the 540RES volume will be used, but the remaining volumes in
the system are searched for by volume label, not by device address. Because the z/VM
system 1 addresses are lower than the z/VM system 2 addresses, system 2 will be using the
system 1 volumes, which is undesirable for either system.
Figure 4-13 The problem with two z/VM systems with identical volume labels
If there is a possibility of another z/VM system being installed on DASD that this system will
have access to, it is recommended that you perform the following steps. You will need access
to the HMC to perform them:
Modifying labels in the SYSTEM CONFIG file
Modifying labels in the USER DIRECT file
Changing the labels on the five volumes
Shutting down your system and restarting it
Important: This process must be performed as documented, because making a mistake in
one of the steps can easily produce an unusable system. Proceed carefully and your
system will come back with no problems. Try to do all steps in succession in a short
amount of time.
540RES 540W02
540W01
540PAG
540SPL
540RES 540W02
540W01
540PAG540SPL
E340
E341 E342 E343 E344
F002F001
F003
F004
F000
z/VM system 1
z/VM system 2
LPAR1
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