Extsing links will not cause this behaviour of DIRMAINT. In your case DIRMAINT tells you that the already is a minidisk at the place you want the old MDISK to be redefined. Exisitng LINKs would only cause that DATAMOVE cannot format a new minidisk/clean an old one.
Kris, IBM Belgium, VM customer support > I deleted an ID that hasn't been signed in for over a year. This was done > just a couple of days ago. Just today I found out that there are some IDs > that link to the deleted VM ID mdisk. > Since I have a copy of the old USER WITHPASS, I extracted the VM ID that > was deleted and try to add it issuing DIRM ADD and get the following > errors: > DVHALC3297E No gap of sufficient size found in candidate area(s). > DVHAMD3298E DASD allocation attempt failed. > I also notice that there are some IDs still link to the delete VM ID. I > guess the IDs that are still link to the mdisk hasn't signed off. > Is this the reason I can't add the VM ID again and getting the no gap > error? > TIA, > Al
