I remember years ago a similar problem where my extent control didn't adhere to columns restriction in the REGIONS section. I never found a word on this in the doc but the support told me add 'spaces' between each column. That resolved my problem.
Alain Benveniste Le 19/08/08 18:01, « Mary Zervos » <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > Thanks Scott. I'm heading out the door for the day and I'll talk to you > tomorrow. > > Mary > > Scott Rohling wrote: >> sent our extent control and defaults datadvh to ya.. >> >> Scott Rohling >> >> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 9:31 AM, Mary Zervos <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >> >> Could someone please send me their Z/VM 5.3 Extent Control file to >> peek at? >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> Scott Rohling wrote: >> >> Your EXTENT CONTROL entries came out garbled when I look at >> them.. I see 3390-01 in there - which is the size it seems to >> be using. >> >> What do your DEFAULTS show for 3390-3 or 3390-03 or whichever >> you are using in REGIONS? >> >> It's sounding very much like it thinks these are 3390-01 -- so >> either it's being specified that way in REGIONS - or you have >> an entry for 3390-03 that points to 1113 size in DEFAULTS.. >> >> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Mary Zervos >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> >> wrote: >> >> Yes I did. >> >> >> Rich Smrcina wrote: >> >> When you added it to EXTENT CONTROL, did you send the file >> back to DIRMAINT and tell it to reload the EXTENT >> CONTROL file >> (DIRM RLDEXTN)? >> >> Mary Zervos wrote: >> >> This is a new z/VM 5.3 system I'm working on. Very few >> userids with mdisks have been allocated so far. >> I've only added the following to the Extent Control >> file.....and the Defaults Datadvh file is set right. >> >> :REGIONS. >> *RegionId VolSer RegStart >> RegEnd Dev-Type >> Comments >> 530USR 530USR 001 3338 3390-03 >> *DASDType Max-Size 3390-01 >> 1113 >> 3390-02 2226 3390-03 3339 I >> just formatted, allocated another 3390-3 pack as >> all perm, >> added it to the REGIONS in Extent Control, attached >> it to >> the system, added it >> to $ALLOC$, issued Dirm Freext which shows >> >> VOLUME DEVTYPE -------------- FREE EXTENTS >> --------------- >> 530TDK 3390 START= 1 AVAIL= >> 1112 It definitely doesn't see it as a 3390-3? >> >> >> Rich Smrcina wrote: >> >> Does EXTENT CONTROL have a subset of the volumes >> configured? The third and fourth tokens on >> each line >> is the starting and ending cylinders of the >> area that >> DIRMAINT is allowed to allocate. >> >> Are you having problems with any other 3390-3 >> volumes? >> >> Mary Zervos wrote: >> >> Yes, the Extent control file has them as >> 3390-3. >> A Dirm Usedext shows all the users mdisks. A >> Dirm Freext comes up empty. >> >> >> Rich Smrcina wrote: >> >> Does your EXTENT CONTROL file have them >> configured as 3390-3? Does DIRMAINT think >> there is something else on the volume? >> >> Mary Zervos wrote: >> >> Hello all, >> >> I have a 3390-3 allocated as all Perm >> (PERM 0 3338 3339). >> Dirmaint will >> not let me allocate past cylinder >> 1170? I >> have another 3390-3 also allocated >> as all >> Perm and Dirmaint won't let me allocate >> past cylinder 1100? Any ideas? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Mary Zervos >> VM Systems Programmer >> Binghamton University >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >
