That was my assumption. SPXTAPE is the only option when changing geometry, but seems unnecessary when moving to a disk of the same size and type.
Regards, Richard Schuh -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Kern Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 4:39 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: {SPAM?} RE: Moving Spool I have DDRed non-active SPOOL volumes without problems. My standalone system is perfect for that. It is self-contained and does NOT touch the production volumes. The production volumes can be dumped, copied, restored, whatever and then you can bring up your production system using the new DASD devices, same old volsers, same old data. /Tom Kern Schuh, Richard wrote: > Is there some reason to not DDR them? The system will be down, so they > will not be active at the time. > > Our tape units are few and slow; dasd is fast. > > > Regards, > Richard Schuh > > > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Fran Hensler > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 3:38 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: Moving Spool > > Richard - > > I would not DDR any of my SPOOL dasd. > > I would use SPXTAPE to dump standard spool files. then another SPXTAPE > to dump system files like NSS and IMG. > > Format new DASD with packs for SPOL, PAGE and DUMP. > > LOAD the system files then the spool files with SPXTAPE. > > /Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania USA for 44 > years > [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1.724.738.2153 > "Yes, Virginia, there is a Slippery Rock" > > On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:57:38 -0800 Schuh, Richard said: >> Right after the first of the year, we will forced to move to new DASD. >> My plan is to do as much while the system is running as I can, then >> shut it down so that I can bring up a small system that has several >> concurrently running DDRs as seems reasonable. My question is, is it >> necessary to DDR the packs reserved for dumps, or, if there are no >> dump > >> files in spool, can I just substitute pre-formatted disks like I can >> for the page packs. >> >> Regards, >> Richard Schuh >> >> >> >> Received: from *unknown [130.184.5.241] by ZVM.SRU.EDU (IBM VM SMTP >> Level 3A0) >
