Thanks Dennis. Maybe with all the response I will get approval or not :)
Thanks everybody! Scott R Wandschneider Senior Systems Programmer|| Infocrossing, a Wipro Company || 11707 Miracle Hills Drive, Omaha, NE, 68154-4457|| ': 402.963.8905 || Ë:847.849.7223 || :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **Think Green - Please print responsibly** -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of O'Brien, Dennis L Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 1:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Risk of Adding a Paging Volume Adding a page volume is low risk. Just make sure you format the new volume with CPFMTXA first. Whether you add a new volume or not, you should drain the volume with errors, and make sure it's drained in SYSTEM CONFIG, too. Dennis Bitterly clinging to my guns. -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wandschneider, Scott Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 11:09 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IBMVM] Risk of Adding a Paging Volume Yes, but what would you consider the *risk* of dynamically adding a volume and setting the problem one to DRAIN? Scott R Wandschneider Senior Systems Programmer|| Infocrossing, a Wipro Company || 11707 Miracle Hills Drive, Omaha, NE, 68154-4457|| ': 402.963.8905 || Ë:847.849.7223 || :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **Think Green - Please print responsibly** -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Schuh, Richard Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 1:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Risk of Adding a Paging Volume You need to list it as a draining volume in SYSTEM CONFIG before the shutdown and IPL. Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Kern > Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 11:02 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Risk of Adding a Paging Volume > > If you have spare volumes, format some as quickly as possible, add > them t= o the system and DRAIN the problem volume, take it out of the > configuration= > > files and after the next IPL, test that volume, reformat that volume, > tes= t it again, etc. > > /Tom Kern > > On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:57:51 -0700, Wandschneider, Scott > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am receiving I/O Errors on one of my PAGE Volumes. What would be > considered the risk of adding a new PAGE volume (CP Format, > etc.) and draining the problem volume. Management is saying wait > until we can IPL = the system and say it's ok. > > > >What does the list think? > > > > > >Scott R Wandschneider >
