While I find it reasonable to believe what ISMF tells me, the fact remains that not everything always works perfectly. If the SCDS or ACDS gets corrupted or if ISMF has a coding error, the results of LISTVOL could be different than an actual allocation.
LISTVOL is probably correct in indicating a volume is eligible for allocation but until a data set is actually allocated my paranoia has a field day. -----Original Message----- From: O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C] [mailto:snip] Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 6:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: SMS adding a new volume to a storage group question. Actually a LISTVOL against a storage group under ISMF will prove the entry is there and whether it is enabled or not.. ________________________________ From: Schwarz, Barry A [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed 12/6/2006 3:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: SMS adding a new volume to a storage group question. One of the options in ISMF is to process test cases. You have to manually specify all the input relevant input parameters but it will then tell you what classes and group the ACS routines assigned. Since the ACS routines do not assign volumes, the only way to PROVE the volume is really being used is to actually allocate something to it. A space parameter larger than the available space on any other volume in the group usually works. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
