And thanks for owning up instead of leaving the rest of us wondering. Those pesky "0"s... -- Mike Harding z/VM System Support
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] (925) 926-3179 (w) (925) 323-2070 (c) IM: VMBearDad (AIM), mbhcpcvt (Y!) The IBM z/VM Operating System <[email protected]> wrote on 01/18/2011 12:44:28 PM: > From: Marcy Cortes <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: 01/18/2011 12:45 PM > Subject: Re: CMS disk weirdness between processors > Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System <[email protected]> > > Ah, glad it was simple! > Good luck! > > > Marcy > > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Martha McConaghy > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 12:39 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [IBMVM] CMS disk weirdness between processors > > ...blush.... I have to admit, I found the problem not long after sending > the note to the list. It was a rookie mistake. The disk was defined as > 100 cylinders on one system, but only 10 cylinders on the other. So, files > written on the 2nd system were usable, but files written by the 1st system > were not. I fixed the definition on the 2nd system and all is now OK. > > Just trying to do too many things at once, trying to rush into production. > > Martha > > > > On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:23:31 -0600 Marcy Cortes said: > >That doesn't sound right. > >MDC getting in your way? > > > >Marcy > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[email protected] > ] On Behalf > >Of Martha McConaghy > >Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 9:16 AM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: [IBMVM] CMS disk weirdness between processors > > > >I'm in the process of migrating our production LPARs from a z9 to a z10 and > >I've found a bit of weirdness. Since the z10 has been around awhile, I > >assume this isn't anything new, but I wonder why it is happening. > > > >I've found that a CMS minidisk that is created while on the z9, is readable > >by a VM system on the z10. However, if (from the z10) a fle is modified, > >that file is no longer readable by the CMS system on the z9. > >I get a DMSXIN104S error > >code 3 when trying to read the file. Moreover, if (from the z9), I try to > >write a new file to the disk, I get a different error, and CMS crashes. > >(All of these z/VM systems are the same by the way, z/VM 5.4.0 RSU 1001.) > > > >I've always been able to share disks between systems on different processors > >before, so I wonder what is different now? I've got a z990 that I still > >have to maintain and this is going to make life more difficult. > > > >Martha
