If you have unused / usassigned addresses on each LCU, you can add PAVs to the end and dynamicly update your I/O gen to use them.
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Mike Myers <m...@mentor-services.com> wrote: > Radoslaw: > > Thanks. My greater concern is loss of data. This system is very new and not > into production yet, so an IPL would be minimally "disruptive" for a while > (until after the operating system was installed and configured. > > Since we are installing the operating system later this week, if it was > reformatting the volumes, that would be truly disruptive. > > Mike > > On 10/18/2011 02:28 PM, R.S. wrote: >> >> W dniu 2011-10-18 20:00, Mike Myers pisze: >>> >>> Does anyone know if adding PAV (alias) addresses to a configured DS6800 >>> is disruptive of any real devices already configured and initialized on >>> the affected LCU? >> >> IMHO yes. Usually you have 256 devices per CU. Base and aliases. So, >> adding aliases means >> CU reconfiguration, means some device must go to another CU. Since such >> devices must go offline, it is disruptive. >> There is further question: is the reformat required to do such >> reconfiguration? "Disruptive" means simply offline-online, maybe it causes >> IPL. Reformat means you LOSE your volumes and have to restore them from >> backup. >> >> My €0.02 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
