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
>> 
>> 
>> 
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