Thanks for confirming, Alan! I figured that was the case... Scott
On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Alan Altmark <[email protected]>wrote: > On Wednesday, 12/02/2009 at 09:49 EST, Scott Rohling > <[email protected]> wrote: > > My experience is that unless you actually do the FORMAT of cylinder 0 -- > you > > 'may' end up with the VTOC issue described. We had a new volume - and > just > > did a LABEL on it -- and had the same issue. We then did the FORMAT of > > > cylinder 0 - and did not. So ever since -- my 'clip' script does a > FORMAT > > rather than just a LABEL - and the issue disappeared. While z/VM seems > happy > > enough just doing the LABEL and using it -- z/OS did not. > > ICKDSF CPVOLUME LABEL literally rewrites the 6-character volser. You must > use FORMAT to write a VTOC. > > Alan Altmark > z/VM Development > IBM Endicott >
