On Monday, 12/08/2008 at 06:03 EST, Rob van der Heij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Since these are "user volumes" there is no value in doing CPFMTXA or > ICKDSF FORMAT on them. When you hand the mini disk to Linux it will > have to format it anyway (unless you can flashcopy a similar device > that was already formatted by Linux). Technically correct, but as a matter of security policy it is Best Practice to format a volume when it is brought into service (whether it has been previously used or not). This ensures there is no residual data on the volume. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
