Nice - how long are your restore times? I'm assuming better than a dasdfmt takes per volume? Flashcopy of a linux formatted volume is probably the fastest solution, but this might be a good alternative..
Scott On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 6:56 PM, Mark Wheeler <[email protected]> wrote: > Bobby, > > I went through a one-time process which created, in turn, defined minidisks > of various sizes (ex. 100 cyls, 400, 3338, 5008,10016, etc), attached them > to Linux-390 guests, formatted them as EXT3, and then unmounted and detached > them. I then used CMSDDR to dump them to an "empty EXT3" CMS disk. CMSDDR > packs them, so the 10016-cyl ends up taking just over 100 cylinders. Ex: > FILENAME FILETYPE FM FORMAT LRECL RECS BLOCKS > 0060M 100 T1 V 3257 1502 189 > 0242M 400 T1 V 3546 6002 755 > 2160M 3338 T1 V 3734 50072 6325 > 3257M 5008 T1 V 3737 75122 9600 > 6547M 10016 T1 V 3737 150242 19222 > > A REXX exec links to the minidisk of the Linux guest that you want to > "format", selects the file with the filetype = size of the minidisk, and > CMSDDR RESTOREs it. ICKDSF then runs a CPVOL LABEL command to set a label of > "0Xccuu" tomatch the Linux machine's minidisk address. The Linux guest can > then link to its new disk and put it to use. > > In your example, where you've got 60 to "format", fire up a half-dozen CMS > worker machines and give each 10 disks to format in parallel. > > The concept is pretty simple. I can share the REXX programs with you if you > like. > > Best regards, > > Mark Wheeler > Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 09:18:50 -0500> From: > [email protected]> Subject: Formatting 60 mod9s> To: > [email protected]> > I need to format 60 339-9 for use with a new > Linux guest. Up to now out guest have used a LOT less and I would attach > them to a current Linux and format them with dasdfmt. 60 volumes will take a > long time unless there is a quicker way that I don't know about.> > Thanks> > Bobby Bauer> Center for Information Technology> National Institutes of > Health> Bethesda, MD 20892-5628> 301-594-7474 > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live™: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. > http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_allup_explore_022009 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
