OK and thanks to all that replied..

>>> [email protected] 12/02/09 09:09AM >>>
On Wednesday, 12/02/2009 at 09:02 EST, Charles Grady 
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Understand that.. But ... the Linux system will be DOWN when the backup 
takes 
> places
> and I actually placed the mdisk on cyl 0001-3337 so as to have a VTOC on 
cly 0 
> so that
> we could use z/OS to back up this system.  Just appears that something 
has 
> went  "boom"
> and z/OS isn't seeing record 5 on cyl 0.. just trying to rebuild it..

Use CPFMTXA to put a VM-format VOL1 label on the disk.  It will have a 
VTOC that shows no empty space.  See 
http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/altmarka/vtoc.html.

Alan Altmark
z/VM Development
IBM Endicott


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