No sysplex, single system. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mark Jacobs Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2026 3:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: shrinking the root filesystem
System or Sysplex root? Mark Jacobs Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. GPG Public Key - https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://api.protonmail.ch/pks/lookup?op=get&[email protected]__;!!KjMRP1Ixj6eLE0Fj!sUekAryCZuVCte4hst7EICjLD5u2ol0d28CYg4TANZeD5wO29uPiV66sKVdgAOhvZ75tsI1MG7GZfTCvuGEoW9-c7tJGcQsStvJ3$ On Thursday, April 2nd, 2026 at 4:10 PM, Pommier, Rex <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello list, > > Hopefully a quick question. Is it safe to use the zfsadm shrink command to > release space in the root filesystem? z/OS 3.1 environment and a coworker > forgot to mount a filesystem to hold the SMPNTS for retrieving a package and > expanded my root filesystem to about twice the size it should be before the > job blew up on her due to running out of space. Can I safely use the shrink > to reclaim that space? Yes, making the root filesystem read-only just moved > up on my priority list. > > Thanks, > > Rex > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
