First, apologies as I am a VM newbie. (And a linux newbie, for that matter).
We would like to be able to add dasd to a linux's logical volume group on the fly. We have been able to do this by making sure all our dasd is onli ne at ipl, then we det the dev from system, att it to our userid, format it, att it back to system and then do a define mdisk from the linux vm userid . We then add it to user direct for the next time the linux user logs off a nd back on. The trouble with this is, the linux guest must have "A" priveledge and devmaint, which is undesirable. Does anyone know of a way around this? Ideally, what I'd like is the ability to specify a userid on the define mdisk, so that another ID could do it for the linux guest. As I see it, w e either use devmaint or have to logoff/on the guest. Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated. Regards, Mary Anne
