The "z/OS Planned Outage Avoidance List" > I meant without an IPL.
The "z/OS Planned Outage Avoidance List" redbook http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg247328.pdf explains very well how to configure your System z HW and z/OS in order to add Central Storage to a LPAR *without* IPL. Have a look at chapter 10.1.4, LPAR Dynamic Storage Reconfiguration. I've done at my shop and it works. HTH Walter Marguccio z/OS Systems Programmer BELENUS LOB Informatic GmbH Munich - Germany ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html