>I can live with that (vvds in extents). It is a user test volume. I do not have exclusive ownership of that canine. But, I would have one canned job that inits all general storage volumes the same. Putting all the VTOC, VTOCIX, VVDS (and CATALOGUE if it exists) at the front with a standard size based on the size of the volume. I would not make a distinction based on prod/test. I may based on system, spool, page, database, etc. But, as we dumb down the sysprog and the storage admin, I would leave less and less decisions out there to make.
Also, I have seen system volumes re-claimed to use as user volumes and watch batch croak due to a single track VTOC. At the cost of DASD, these days, I would init even system volumes with them all. When in doubt. PANIC!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
