Sorry, I had assumed you had a running system already.
The absolute simplest way to get a driving system up is to use Customized Offerings Driver (COD).? It's a single volume z/OS at V2.4 (or 2.3), that you can IPL direct from a USB drive.? You can order it from ShopZseries and I think there is no cost so long as you already have a mainframe and access to ShopZ. ?
It's a full fledged system, but is only meant to be used to install a new OS when you have a new box that doesn't support your old z/OS, or you have no previous z/OS to start with.? The process is actually jsut IPLing DFDSS and creating the volume, then when you are done, you IPL the single volume system you just created.? From that point you can use it to install your volume copies or install from a z/OSMF installation package.
You could also build your backup with AWSTAPE on your mainframe platform and use that tape for the stand alone install, but COD is way easier.?
There are also unterse products that run on the PC platform which would get you to where you need to be also.
