>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).
Careful what you ask for, Mike. Ok this isn't a document but it's a
chart from one of my sessions at the upcoming SHARE in Baltimore:
Removing Spool File Data from a DRAINed Volume
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1.Issue DRAIN DASD command to stop new allocations (on that volume)
2.Use SPFPACK from VM Download Library to locate spool files which have
information on the volume
- http://www.vm.ibm.com/download/
- http://www.vm.ibm.com/download/packages/
3.Dump those files to tape and purge from system
- SPXTAPE DUMP with PURGE option
4.Reload files from tape; space will be allocated on non-DRAINed volumes
- SPXTAPE LOAD
Of course, there are many variations to this, depending on whether you
only want to dump and reload the files that are on a particular volume,
etc. And you wouldn't need SPFPACK or SPXTAPE to take a paging volume
offline.
<shameless plug>
The SHARE session is 9133
"Configuring, Customizing and Modifying Your VM System Without an IPL"
</shameless plug>
John Franciscovich
z/VM Development
