Ron, No, we are not currently using PAV although it will be available to us after the upgrade. IOSQ delay has not been an issue for us. We are not experiencing any problems with this configuration. I just thought it 'strange' and wanted some other viewpoints. Thanks, Dave
________________________________ From: Ron Hawkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon 9/8/2008 9:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Question concerning Page Packs David, If you are using PAV, and you have enough defined on the LCU, then it is probably working fine. I say probably because I assume that MDA works with LOCALS along with PAV. Ron > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C] > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 5:33 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [IBM-MAIN] Question concerning Page Packs > > I'm in the process of inventorying our DASD farm prior to an upgrade. > Found the following and was wondering if this was common practice: > > Volume Page01 contains Local Page datasets for every LPAR. > Same for Page02 through Page12 > > Size of page datasets ranges from 2250 - 12750 tracks. > > Anybody else do this? > Are there any reserve issues? (We don't page much.) > > Thanks, > Dave O'Brien > > ________________________________ > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

