Hello David,
I was not planning on re-doing the spooling but I am at a loss
for
what happened to cause the Paging i/o problem.
Spool 'COLD/CLEAN' may be required.
It is best to be ready.
Thank you for the knowledge.
Ed Martin
Aultman Health Foundation
330-588-4723
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ext. 40441
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> From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Behalf Of David Boyes
> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 12:33 PM
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> Subject: Re: z/VM paging problem
>
> > Can I format the new volume to have 2000 cylinder of paging and
> > 1339 cylinders of spool?
> > I mean I can do it but is it a good idea?
>
> It's not a good idea. Both paging and spooling use channel programs
that
> *can* be interrupted, but it costs you plenty in performance. If your
> spool is not very active, then you might be able to get away with it,
> but it's not good practice. Also keep in mind that if you spool the
> consoles of your guests, that activity goes to spool, so you may be
> doing more spooling than you think.
>
> > I was not planning on doing a cold drain but that may happen.
> > I will have a SPXTAPE DUMP 580 SPOOL done right before shutdown,
> > and earlier.
>
> Probably wise. If spool areas are going away, it's a good idea just in
> case, especially since saved segments are stored in spool.
>
> -- db
