On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 12:08:27 -0500, Alan Altmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>On Monday, 01/07/2008 at 11:26 EST, "Schuh, Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
>> That was a nice change. When did it first appear?
>
>VM/ESA Version 1 Release 2. It was the result of FIN APAR VM57616
>(against VM/ESA V1R1), which described a problem with MDC and minidisks
>that overlay system areas. Abends were the result. The documentation f
or
>MDC says "don't do that", but it would thought some people might miss th
at
>fine print and in the interest of family harmony, we added code.
>
>A look at that code reveals that any minidisk that starts on cyl 0 (even
>if it isn't fp mini) is *exempt* from this check. So be very careful if
>you have partial overlays. Ensure MDC is OFF for that minidisk.
>
>Alan Altmark
>z/VM Development
>IBM Endicott
Nice to know!
Is there another system in the shop with access to the same packs?
Otherwise, it is probably a misformatted paging pack. (But is that the
right error message?)
Alan Ackerman
Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com
