OK...thank you
________________________________ From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of RPN01 Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 2:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: z/VM Installation from DVD It's just basically two choices for how to store the bulk of the product code. The traditional mode would be to install on minidisks. The disadvantage of this is that each product minidisk will end up with some free space, and overall, you'll use a lot more disk for the install. If you choose SFS for a product, then it will be placed in SFS directories, and the free space will stay in the filepool and be shared among all the directories. Choosing SFS, even for a single product, forces you to run the SFS subsystem. Beyond that, for a single system, there really isn't much other difference. If you're sharing disks between two or more systems, then life is much simpler if you choose minidisk for anything you think that both systems will need to access. Setting up shared SFS pools is an additional headache that can be avoided with the proper choices. -- .~. Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation /V\ RO-OE-5-55 200 First Street SW / ( ) \ 507-284-0844 Rochester, MN 55905 ^^-^^ ----- "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but "Join the story... Ride Ural." in practice, theory and practice are different." On 11/30/07 1:06 PM, "Hilliard, Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: When running the INSTPLAN (first-level install), what is the difference between installing a product into the VMSYS filepool or to a mini disk? The guide doesn't really explain what this is or offer any recommendations. When should I choose one over the other? I left the default of M for minidisk and proceeded with the install. Any help would be greatly appreciated...Chris
