I have 3 vols SPOOL1 SPOOL2 and SPOOL3 In jes2 parmlib member on the spool def for volume I specify SPOOL and yet after ipl'ing
And then going back to SDSF to look for the spool volumes are on still on the same pack > On Mar 21, 2017, at 11:20 AM, Lizette Koehler <stars...@mindspring.com> wrote: > > The best practice for JES2 Spool file is standalone. Never put anything on > the > same volume as either the SPOOL Space or the CKPT datasets. > > That can lead to unintentional issues. > > Many shops in the past have tended towards multi-use volumes with JES2. This > is > not recommended. > > With storage arrays, you can code a volume as a MOD9 (9GB, 10,017 Cylinders) > and > only place the ckpt or the spool space (not both) on it. The array will > typically only hold the amount of storage on the mod9 as is allocated. It > does > not hold the entire 10,017 cylinders when you only have a 60 cylinder dataset > on > it. As the volume is grown - the array will allocate more space to that > device > until it reaches its maximum size. > > So, in my shop we have the ckpt on MOD3s and the Spool space on MOD54s. The > MOD3s only use a small portion for the ckpt as the ckpt is under 1000 > cylinders. > The MOD54s are maxed out as I have allocated the entire amount to the Spool > space. > > So even though there could be 3339 cylinders allocated for the MOD3, I am > using > barely 15% of that. So the volume is not very large even though it could be. > > Or your shop could elect to create MOD1s - which is any size you wish to > define > - for your ckpt and spool space to be considered stand alone. > > When you start to mix files on volumes that should be dedicated - CA1 TMS, JES > Spool or JES ckpt - you can enq that volume and cause issues to those > products. > > > Worst case scenario you might encounter is the need to cold start jes2. > > Lizette > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On >> Behalf Of Joseph Reichman >> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 5:47 AM >> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >> Subject: Spool file >> >> Hi >> >> I'm having problems with my spool file >> >> SYS1.HASPACE >> >> >> It happens to be in the same pack as my parmlib And other important files >> >> I'm wondering can the spool file be on any pack ? >> >> Thanks >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
