On Sat, 31 May 2008 23:56:57 -0400, Martin, Terry R. (CMS/CTR) (CTR) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>If the guest is re-booted will the LINKED DASD is be there after the >re-boot or would I need to re-LINK? > The LINK survives a reboot. (IPL command.) (So does ATTACH.) It does not survive a LOGOFF. So it is best to both update the directory and do the LINK or ATTACH. If you use MDISK or LINK in the directory, you would use LINK. If you use DEDICATE in the directory, you would use ATTACH. >Does it matter whether I issue the LINK via the MAINT user or does it >have to be done from the guest itself? A link must be issued from the guest. There are ways to do this from some other privileged userid via SET SECUSER. This was discussed on this list very recently. Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com
