Migrating to another system

Note!

This section only lists actions you need to take to move a copy of software from one system to another. It does not list the actions needed to install and migrate new levels of software. For that information, see other documentation such as z/OS Migration.

If you want to move the copy to another system that also uses the recommended system layout, there are only a few things to do:

If you chose to SMS-manage your HFS or zFS data sets, define the HFS or zFS volume to SMS on the other system if the volume is not in the same SMS-plex. You can define the HFS or zFS volume using ISMF, the same way it was defined in Setting up SMS.
Import the user catalogs and define the data set aliases if the target system for migration is not sharing its master catalog with the system from which you made the copy.
Create a new BPXPRMxx member on the other system. It should specify the ZFS or HFS file system type, as appropriate.
Copy the active BPXPRMxx member to a new member. Update the ROOT FILESYSTEM and MOUNT FILESYSTEM statements as needed.
Install any system-specific usermods. Also, install any system-specific exits that cannot be installed separately from the system software.
Specify the master catalog name in LOADxx rather than in SYSCATxx members of the NUCLEUS data set. This is IBM's recommendation. However, if you choose to specify it using SYSCATxx, you must add or update this member to reflect the name of the intended image's master catalog.

To import the user catalogs and define the aliases, use IDCAMS:

      IMPORT -
        CONNECT -
          OBJECTS((usercat.newfs VOLUMES(newfs) DEVT(3390)))
 
      IMPORT -
        CONNECT -
          OBJECTS((usercat.newtv2 VOLUMES(newtv2) DEVT(3390)))
 
      IMPORT -
        CONNECT -
          OBJECTS((usercat.newdl1 VOLUMES(newdl1) DEVT(3390)))
 
      DEFINE -
        ALIAS -
          (NAME(fsnew) -
          RELATE (usercat.newfs))
 
      DEFINE -
        ALIAS -
          (NAME(newtarg) -
          RELATE (usercat.newtv2))
 
      DEFINE -
        ALIAS -
          (NAME(newmms) -
          RELATE (usercat.newtv2))
 
      DEFINE -
        ALIAS -
          (NAME(newdlib) -
          RELATE (usercat.newdl1))