Good point, I forgot the STABLE links done by CP itself.
So proceed as I told, using DEFINE MDISK and DIRM USER BACKUP,
still fairly easy (in my eyes, will cost me 5 minutes).

DEFINE MDISK will create whatever you like in R/W mode, no need to
reipl, or create a USER INPUT

2009/4/16 Mike Harding <[email protected]>:
> Part of the problem is that MAINT 123 is no longer being seen as a
> full-pack minidisk.  Thus you truly have overlaps with other write links -
> and the killer is the stable links to minidisks (probably your parm disks)
> contained within the same extent.
> You said:   MAINT has MDISK 0123 3390 000 10016 540RES MR
> While the last cylinder on a mod 9 is indeed 10016, the number of
> cylinders is 10017.  That's the advantage to using 000 END as the extents.
>  It's the first thing you need to change when you find a source directory
> with which you work.
> I haven't seen it mentioned, but if you have the standard setup, DIRMAINT
> is creating a flat directory nightly on its 1DB minidisk named USER
> BACKUP.  I would use that for starters.  Edit that, fix what needs fixing
> as others have suggested and file it on the 1DF minidisk as USER INPUT,
> then erase USER DIRECT on the 1DF.  Use DIRECTXA to write a new object
> directory specifying USER INPUT as its input file.  Now bounce your
> system.  When DIRMAINT starts up it will rebuild USER DIRECT correctly
> from USER INPUT, and you should be back in business.
>
> --Mike
>
>
> The IBM z/VM Operating System <[email protected]> wrote on
> 04/16/2009 08:20:17 AM:
>



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