Yep. You hit the nail on the head. Make sure there are no hardware errors that might bite you later.
-----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Edward M. Martin Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 4:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: DDR to a second level system Hello Everyone, These are new DS6800 FICON attached dasd. All 3390 (mod 3 or mod 9). Never used. No residual data. But I am getting the feeling is that FORMAT once to ensure that everything is where it should be. Ed Martin 330-588-4723 ext 40441 -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: DDR to a second level system On Wednesday, 04/30/2008 at 10:55 EDT, Tom Duerbusch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And you are aware that you only "need" to do a CP FORMAT for CP ONLY volumes. > Regular CMS volumes nor other guest volumes need CP FORMAT done. Doesn't hurt, > just a waste of time. It's only a waste if you already formatted the volume to destroy residual data. Otherwise, you need to do it. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott -------------------------------------------------------- This message w/attachments (message) may be privileged, confidential or proprietary, and if you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender, do not use or share it and delete it. Unless specifically indicated, this message is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of any investment products or other financial product or service, an official confirmation of any transaction, or an official statement of Merrill Lynch. Subject to applicable law, Merrill Lynch may monitor, review and retain e-communications (EC) traveling through its networks/systems. The laws of the country of each sender/recipient may impact the handling of EC, and EC may be archived, supervised and produced in countries other than the country in which you are located. This message cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. This message is subject to terms available at the following link: http://www.ml.com/e-communications_terms/. By messaging with Merrill Lynch you consent to the foregoing. --------------------------------------------------------
