Haven't tried it, but was thinking naming a DASD volume named ALL might confuse some commands? Seems like over the years there have been either userids or volume names that needed to be restricted/discouraged for such reasons... but I don't remember seeing a specific list offhand.
Scott Rohling On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Marcy Cortes <[email protected] > wrote: > But some other o/s's or tools don't like x'40's in them. So don't use less > than 6. > Can't remember if it was z/OS or some component of GDPS, but play it safe > and use six. > > marcy > > ________________________________ > > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Mark Pace > Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 7:37 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [IBMVM] Dasd Volser standards documented > > > From ICKDSF > > VOLID(serial) > Writes the volume serial number in the volume or minidisk label. For > serial, substitute 1 to 6 alphanumeric characters for the volume serial > number. If fewer than six characters are specified, the serial is > left-justified, and the remainder of the field is padded with blanks > (X'40'). > > On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Philip Tully <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I appreciate the responses, but the specifics are I am looking for > are what > should not be used. I think we all have enough experience to know we > should > use and '*' in the volser, but are these kind of restrictions > documented? > >
