Ed, As noted in earlier posts, having SPOOL allocations on the same DASD with other activity causes a break in CP's "seldom ending channel program" which supports SPOOL operations (reader, print, punch, NSSes, etc.). If you have a DASD to spare, you'd be better off allocating a new SPOOL area to a DASD dedicated for SPOOL. Again, z/VM 5.1 and newer installation is performed this way -- with SPOOL and PAGE on their own DASD.
Moving SPOOL is trickier than paging, since you really want to retain the SPOOL files across IPLs vs pages that won't matter when the system is IPLed. The CP DRAIN and START commands (which can be placed in the SYSTEM CONFIG, IIRC) can be your friend to get you started, but eventually you're going to need to SPXTAPE DUMP and SPXTAPE load all the SPOOL files to get them on the new DASD. One would thing that after all the years of repeated questions about moving page and spool volumes, there would be a step-by-step document showing how to do it for a single volume (and as an example for all volumes). Mike Walter Information Technology Services Hewitt Associates The words herein are mine, not those of my employer. "Edward M. Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <[email protected]> 07/25/2006 10:34 AM Please respond to "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <[email protected]> To [email protected] cc Subject Re: z/VM paging problem Hello David, My spool area is smaller than I like. I am working on more area. q alloc page EXTENT EXTENT TOTAL PAGES HIGH % VOLID RDEV START END PAGES IN USE PAGE USED ------ ---- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ---- 430RES 0792 257 390 24120 761 810 3% 430W03 075C 1802 1901 18000 240 250 1% ------ ------ ---- SUMMARY 42120 1001 2% USABLE 42120 1001 2% q alloc spool EXTENT EXTENT TOTAL PAGES HIGH % VOLID RDEV START END PAGES IN USE PAGE USED ------ ---- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ---- 430RES 0792 79 256 32040 30205 32040 94% 430W03 075C 200 400 36180 14536 31107 40% ------ ------ ---- SUMMARY 68220 44741 65% USABLE 68220 44741 65% Ed Martin Aultman Health Foundation 330-588-4723 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ext. 40441 From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Boyes Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 11:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: z/VM paging problem Have you also checked your spool areas? One can overflow into another if your page areas are full, and if all you use the VM system for is to support guests, you may have reached the point where you need more space than you have. I?ve also seen this error when a paging area was incompletely formatted (off by 1 error on my part). David Boyes Sine Nomine Associates The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message, including any attachments. Any dissemination, distribution or other use of the contents of this message by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited.
