> I am wondering what would be best approach to define an X Disk in the SFS > . I > mean, normally one puts the files accessible to all users on a mini disk > that everybody can access. > > How can you do that with SFS?
The way we do it is to define a new filepool called TOOLS:, define a user called TOOLS and enroll it in the TOOLS: filepool. GRANT AUTH TOOLS:TOOLS. TO PUBLIC ( NEWREAD, GRANT AUTH * * TOOLS:TOOLS. TO PUBLIC ( READ, and then write the shared files into TOOLS:TOOLS. from a admin userid. The advantage to a new filepool is that it can be shared between multiple systems via IPGATE, and an upgrade to the IBM-supplied bits of SFS can't accidentally remove it. The VMSYSxx: filepools cannot be shared (it's hardcoded) and usually get regenerated with each new release of VM. We maintain TOOLS:TOOLS. on one system, and by sharing it across our other VM systems, get some maintenance simplicity. The SFS administration manual will help you with the steps for defining a new filepool.
