On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:54:00 +0000, Ted MacNEIL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>>All of our DASD subsystems are EMCs, I want to know if it's possible to
implement PAV on DASD made by EMC? Can it be defined as Control UNIT=2105?
>Currently, it is defined as CONTROL UNIT=3990 and IODEVICE UNIT=3390 in the
IOCDS.
>
>EMC came out with PAV support, years ago.
>So, as long as you are at z/OS 1.3 (or higher) the answer is yes.
>(Former EMC customer).
>

Yes... but just because you have EMC dasd doesn't mean you have PAV
availibility.  It's not free (just like it is not free on IBM DASD).  

In addition to static PAV support, which EMC did have early on, they also
have dynamic PAV support - which came later. 

Mark
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