On Sunday, 11/04/2007 at 07:09 EST, "Hamilton, Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> However can I not use an existing CPOWNED volume, one of them is only 25% used > and I would like to allocate the last 100 cylinders on that volume for TDSK?and > do it without an IPL. > > I was hoping to do a CPFMTXA and modify the allocation of the above volume? Yes, you can do that, but you need to 1. QUERY SYSTEM <rdev> to ensure no one is using the volume. 2. DETACH it FROM SYSTEM 3. ATTACH it to yourself 4. Run CPFMTXA to allocate the t-disk cylinders 5. DETACH it from yourself 6. ATTACH it TO SYSTEM 7. Update USER DIRECT to show that those cylinders are allocated (e.g. USER $TDSK$) Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
