> We have reached the point in our Linux farm where some of our guests have > served their useful purpose. As such I'm going to 'reuse' their DASD > for new guests. > I'm sure I can 'reformat' (cpfmtxa) them as I did originally, but I > thought I would check on alternatives that others might have. All > DASD used by the Linux guests are Full Volume minidisks.
Now would be a good time to switch to less than full volume minidisks. There's no real value to letting Linux manage the actual volume label, and it gives you lots more flexibility to move things around if you need to. Reformat the volumes with CPFMTXA or ICKDSF CPVOL, add them to your directory management tool (if you have one), and allocate a minidisk from 1-End and give that to the new guests.
