Task M9C0I014: Format the Service Machine Minidisks

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Task M9C0I014: Format the Service Machine Minidisks

This task lets you format the CA ACF2 for z/VM service machine disks. If the service machine disks are already formatted, press PF5 to bypass this task. If you want to manually format these disks, skip to the Formatting Service Machine Disks Manually section..

To complete this task:

Select task M9C0I014 from the Task Selection Menu.

The following panel appears:

M9C0I014 Format Service Machine Disks CA ACF2 for z/VM ====> To format the CA ACF2 for z/VM service machine minidisks, enter a "Y" next to each disk to be formatted (changing the volser if necessary), and Press PF2/PF14. If the disks are already formatted, just press PF5/PF17. Service machine A‑disk .... 191 Format? _ Volser: SRV191 Format req'd ACF2VM modules and execs .. 193 Format? _ Volser: SRV193 Format req'd Optional backup ........... 195 Format? _ Volser: SRV195 Format req'd Optional startup .......... 197 Format? _ Volser: SRV197 Format req'd SMF files ................. 200 Format? _ Volser: SRV200 Format req'd SMF files ................. 201 Format? _ Volser: SRV201 Format req'd SMF files ................. 202 Format? _ Volser: SRV202 Format req'd CMS logonID database ...... 301 Format? _ Volser: SRV301 Format req'd CMS rules database ........ 302 Format? _ Volser: SRV302 Format req'd CMS infostorage database .. 303 Format? _ Volser: SRV303 Format req'd Alternate CMS database .... 3A1 Format? _ Volser: SRV3A1 Not defined Alternate CMS database .... 3A2 Format? _ Volser: SRV3A2 Not defined Alternate CMS database .... 3A3 Format? _ Volser: SRV3A3 Not defined PF1=Help 2=Format 3=End 4=Return 5=Bypass 6= PF7= 8= 9= 10= 11= 12=Cursor

Some disks can appear as undetermined. This means you cannot obtain a write link to the indicated disk.

You may see the DMSACP112S Z(051) device error message before the panel displays. This message is not critical. It just means that the minidisks are not formated. The above panel tries to access all of the server minidisks to determine whether they were formatted so you do not lose any data. You can ignore this message and any subsequent DMSACP112S device error messages.

To format these disks, enter Y next to the Format? prompt for those disks you want to format.

M9C0I014 Format Service Machine Disks CA ACF2 for z/VM ====> To format the CA ACF2 for z/VM service machine minidisks, enter a "Y" next to each disk to be formatted (changing the volser if necessary), and Press PF2/PF14. If the disks are already formatted, just press PF5/PF17. Service machine A‑disk .... 191 Format? Y Volser: SRV191 Format req'd ACF2VM modules and execs .. 193 Format? Y Volser: SRV193 Format req'd Optional backup ........... 195 Format? Y Volser: SRV195 Format req'd Optional startup .......... 197 Format? Y Volser: SRV197 Format req'd SMF files ................. 200 Format? Y Volser: SRV200 Format req'd SMF files ................. 201 Format? Y Volser: SRV201 Format req'd SMF files ................. 202 Format? Y Volser: SRV202 Format req'd CMS logonID database ...... 301 Format? Y Volser: SRV301 Format req'd CMS rules database ........ 302 Format? Y Volser: SRV302 Format req'd CMS infostorage database .. 303 Format? Y Volser: SRV303 Format req'd Alternate CMS database .... 3A1 Format? _ Volser: SRV3A1 Not defined Alternate CMS database .... 3A2 Format? _ Volser: SRV3A2 Not defined Alternate CMS database .... 3A3 Format? _ Volser: SRV3A3 Not defined PF1=Help 2=Format 3=End 4=Return 5=Bypass 6= PF7= 8= 9= 10= 11= 12=Cursor

Press PF2 to start the formatting process.
When processing is complete, a message appears on the panel confirming that the disks are formatted:
```
 M9C0I014      Format Service Machine Disks           CA ACF2 for z/VM 
 ===>
Minidisk formatting completed.
```
If you press PF5 to bypass formatting of the service machine minidisks, a message appears on the panel confirming that you are bypassing this step:
```
 M9C0I014     Format Service Machine Disks           CA ACF2 for z/VM
 ===>
Minidisk formatting has been bypassed.
```
Press PF3 to return to the Task Selection Menu.

Formatting Service Machine Disks Manually

To format the service machine disks manually, move the cursor to the command line. Type CMS to enter the CMS subset. Then follow the steps below:

Type the following command and press Enter.
```
LINK serverid cuu cuu M
```
serverid

The user ID of the CA ACF2 for z/VM service machine

cuu

The disk to format.
To check if the disk is already formatted, type the following command and press Enter.
```
ACCESS cuu Z
```
If the access works, the disk is already formatted. Compare the output of the Q V cuu and Q DISK Z commands. The disk size reported should be the same. If they are, the disk is correctly formatted. You can issue the FILELIST command for this disk to be sure the disk contains the correct files. If the disk is already formatted, skip to step 4 below.
To format the disk, type the following command and press Enter.
```
FORMAT cuu Z
```
You see the standard CMS FORMAT prompts.
Reply 1 or YES to the first prompt and reply with an appropriate volser to the second prompt. The disk will then be formatted.
Type the following command and press Enter.
```
RELEASE Z (DET 
```
This releases the formatted disk and makes file mode Z available for the next disk you will process
If you need to format additional disks, return to step 1 above and proceed as before.
When you have formatted all the disks you need, type RETURN and press Enter to return to panel M9C0I014.

The status of this panel is still OPEN (or possibly INCOMPLETE). Press PF5 (BYPASS) to indicate that you bypassed panel formatting of these minidisks. The step will be marked complete, and you can continue with the next installation task.