Most obvious reason is that 5.2 now dumps more than 2G. 4.4 only dumped the 1st 2G regardless of how much real storage was there.
David Boyes Sine Nomine Associates > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Schuh, Richard > Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 2:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: z/VM 5.2 Dumps > > IIRC, there was a discussion, either at SHARE or in this forum, in which > it was stated that dumps of z/VM 5.2 would not be significantly larger > than those from what were then the current systems (mine was 4.4). Would > somebody like to recant? Our dumps are much, much larger. When I used > VMARC to compress a 5.2 dump, it is reduced to approximately 18% of its > former size. That compressed dump is larger than the uncompressed dumps I > used to get from 4.4. Same h/w, same everything except for VM CP. > > Regards, > Richard Schuh > >
