Our VM person asked me to ask the wisdom of this August assemblage the following:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Well I have some questions about the use of V-DISK space. According to documentation V-DISK space is sharable & in fact I have defined V-DISK space for one VM using this User Directory statement: MDISK 300 FB-512 V-DISK 256000 MWV Documentation states that the V-DISK space is created when the first user links to it (logon & format) and it is destroyed when the last user detaches from it (logoff). If I add this same statement to all the Linux User Directory entries will they all attempt to share this area? If so that has implications on when you format this area, as only the first Linux will need to link & format this space. I can't find a definitive answer for how this gets used. Perhaps you can find out. 1) V-DISK blocks appear to be 512 byte blocks & are created in 8-block pages. True? 2) Will all Linux guests, that contain "MDISK 300 FB-512 V-DISK 256000 MWV" share the same V-DISK space? If so is one 256000 block area allocated & shared or (256000 x #-of-Linux's) allocated & all shared? 3) How will you automatically know when a given Linux is the first and therefore needs to format the area, if area(s) are shared? 4) SuperValu Red Paper suggests V-DISK size 15% of VM size, what's up with this formula 2 x VM size + 32M ?? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
