How about a couple of simple queries that show the difference in the formatted and actual size?
q disk s LABEL VDEV M STAT CYL TYPE BLKSZ FILES BLKS USED-(%) BLKS LEFT BLK TOTAL MNT490 190 S R/O 100 3390 4096 687 14548-81 3452 18000 RSCHUH CMS 22 (CMS22B); q v 190 DASD 0190 3390 520RES R/O 107 CYL ON DASD 1F15 SUBCHANNEL = 0007 Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of James Stracka (DHL US) > Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 12:55 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: How Can I Tell if this Disk for Formatted with the > RECOMP Option? > > We have a minidisk defined as 50 cylinders that a software > product claims is a RECOMP disk. Before I question the > vendor, is there a way to query this minidisk to see if > someone did a FORMAT (RECOMP? > > q disk q > LABEL VDEV M STAT CYL TYPE BLKSZ FILES BLKS USED-(%) BLKS LEFT > BLK TOTAL > SMM191 193 Q R/O 50 3390 4096 2221 8657-96 343 > 9000 > Ready; T=0.01/0.01 15:49:18 > q v 193 > DASD 0193 3390 AEI005 R/O 50 CYL ON DASD 8A02 > SUBCHANNEL = 000A > > The software says: > > *** EDF Blocksize: 4096; 8621 of 9000 blocks in use. > *** Minidisk label: SMM191 > *** 50 of 100 cylinders formatted. > *** "(RECOMP" is in effect for this minidisk. > > This is not like the S-DISK 100/107 RECOMP. >
