McKown, John wrote:
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Subject: Noob question regarding zFS
I'm installing my first zOS system. zOS 1.7.
I have a very old OS390 2.8 system, installed by a previous
person, that I
will eventually migrate the users from.
My question concerns zFS - the old system has HFS and other than the
pre-req of having it for USS it serves no other purpose. Is there any
reason I would need or want to install zFS on the new system
rather than
just sticking with HFS?
Thanks.
Mark D Pace
<opinion type="personal">
HFS, as best as I can tell, is still needed for your "root" filesystem.
If you're not really using UNIX, then you don't need anything else, so
in that case, I'd use HFS. But enabling zFS is very simple and costs
very little. So, if it were me, I'd make all my non-root filesystems
zFS. It is more reliable than HFS. All new facilities will be added to
zFS. And you'll be kewl!
</opinion>
<snip>
zFS is supported as the root filesystem starting with z/OS R7,
and the ServerPac installation dialog should support using a zFS
root for an R7 system.
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John Eells
z/OS Technical Marketing
IBM Poughkeepsie
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