On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:24:15 EDT, IBM Mainframe Discussion List
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>Next came HyperPAV.  IOS decides on an I/O by I/O basis if a PAV is  needed
>for the next I/O, finds one from a pool of available PAV UCBs, directs  the new
>I/O to a PAVed UCB which the controller knows how to send to the proper
>device, then IOS returns the PAV UCB to the pool of available PAV UCBs when the
>I/O ends.  You don't have to reconfig.  You don't wait until the end  of the
>WLM interval.  IOS does no control I/O to tell the controller a new  PAV
>configuration.  Instantaneously dynamic as opposed to quasi-static as 
opposed to
>seriously static.

One of the nice things about HyperPAV is that if you share DASD between
sysplexes, you don't have to worry about "PAV thrashing" like you would
if you had WLM controlled PAVs active to both sysplexes for the same DASD.

Mark
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