Version: | SIR V21.0A (<ver>=210) |
Privileges: | STD-PROCESSING (for nonprivileged functions) |
The utility routine SIR (System Install and Restore) is used to create a pubset.
In addition, SIR offers facilities for initializing and, if necessary, formatting disks (VOLIN utility routine).
Product structure
The product structure of SIR is made up of two components. The range of functions available to the user is defined by the TSOS privilege.
If the SIR utility is running under the user ID TSOS, the full range of functions, including those for creating and extending pubsets as well as software installation functions, is available to the user.
This functional scope is referred to as “privileged SIR”.If the SIR utility is not running under the user ID TSOS, only the functions for copying files between pubsets and private disks are available to the user.
This functional scope is referred to as “nonprivileged SIR”.
Functions
The most important functions for the privileged SIR user are:
initializing and formatting disks (complete VOLIN function)
This function is described starting on "Volume sets".creating any required volume sets
extending existing volume sets
creating any required pubsets
extending an existing pubset
creating the home pubset when installing BS2000
copying files between pubsets and private disks
The SIR utility routine allows you to create home pubsets for operation under the current version of BS2000 (target version), and to upgrade to the current version of BS2000 (target version) from various execution versions of SIR.
A SIR version is generally coupled with a particular version of BS2000. This means the following: execution version <= target version.
SIR V21.0 can be used to create a home pubset for BS2000 V21.0 and to upgrade to BS2000 V21.0 (target version) from the execution versions BS2000 OSD/BC V10.0, V11.0 and BS2000 V21.0 of SIR V21.0.
With SIR V21.0 it is possible to create a (further) home pubset for BS2000 on x86 servers.