In a message dated 6/7/2002 3:53:20 PM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> It's been a while since I've done it, but I believe ICKDSF will not > initialize (format) a volume that is online to the system. So, your best > bet may be to use the CDL disk layout and make sure they get varied online > to your OS/390 systems. Then you can use DF/DSS to back them up, they > won't > look empty to your co-workers, etc. > > Mark Post > hmmmm...I'll have to try this with FDRABR...since that's what I use. And..there's no down-side to leaving these volumes online to OS/390 ?? Dave
