On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:52:26 -0400, David Boyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 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. >======================== ========================= ======================= As has been previously mentioned, by you among others, allocating the minidisk from (1) to (end-1) would be better as it simplifies setting up testing in 2nd level VM systems. Brian Nielsen
