Thanks Ed. I am unsure about what MVS will think of Read only. I don't think it understands it.
Crispin Hugo Systems Programmer, Macro 4 <http://www.macro4.com/> Macro 4 plc, The Orangery, Turners Hill Road, Worth, Crawley, RH10 4SS Direct Line: +44 (0)1293 872121 Switchboard: +44 (0) 1293 872000 Fax: +44 (0) 1293 872001 This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. This message is provided for informational purposes and should not be construed as a solicitation, offer or acceptance of any offer. -----Original Message----- From: Edward E. Jaffe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 November 2005 20:18 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Sharing z/OS DASD under VM Crispin Hugo wrote: >Quick question to the experts, >Is there an easy way to share a DASD between 5 or more z/OS systems under >z/VM. We would like to put some files on DASD that can then be read by >another other z/OS system who has access to the DASD. I don't want more than >1 machine to write to any file. Sort of read only access required. The data >sets do not need to be cataloged. > > Multiple-guest, read-only access is supported by VM. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- | Edward E. Jaffe | | | Mgr, Research & Development | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Phoenix Software International | Tel: (310) 338-0400 x318 | | 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 | Fax: (310) 338-0801 | | Los Angeles, CA 90045 | http://www.phoenixsoftware.com | ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all known viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security Service and the Macro 4 plc internal virus protection system. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all known viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security Service and the Macro 4 plc internal virus protection system. ________________________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html