Hello Mike, Alan, and others, Thanks, I was hazy on step 4. The paging area will be used until the next z/VM IPL. Good.
Now to find that new paging area. Ed Martin Aultman Health Foundation 330-588-4723 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ext. 40441 > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Mike Walter > Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 12:27 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: HCPCLS174E using VSE SA util tape > > Ed, > > All pages on your paging volume "go away" when you IPL anyway. The > easiest method might be: > 1- Dedicate a whole new DASD to paging (paging and spool involve > seldom-ending channel programs for good performance, interrupting those > channel programs for other activity on the disk reduces system > performance). For example, let's use as the new volser: VMPG01 on rdev > 200 > 2- Attach rdev 200 to your ID at 200 > 3- Running CPFMTXA: LABEL 200 as VMPG01, > FORMAT that 200 from cylinder zero to the end, and > ALLOCATE it for only paging (I still prefer to allocate PAGE 0 as PERM, > and 1-END as PAGE). > E.g. PERM 0 0 > PAGE 1 END > 3- Update your SYSTEM CONFIG to add the new DASD (maybe VMPG01 ?) as > CP_Owned. > 4- Now that you have a new page volume ready, you can get CP ready to not > use the old page space at the next IPL. > CP reads the allocation bit map only when the volume comes online, so > you can change it ahead of time. > - Link R/W to your 430RES and 430W03 DASD (you can define full-pack > MDISKs to let you do that), > - run CPFMTXA to ALLOCATE the paging cylinders on both as PERM space > (do NOT format them!) > Only change the PAGE allocation to PERM. > E.g. 430RES as PERM 257 390 > 430W03 as PERM 1802 1901 > 5- Schedule a SHUTDOWN REIPL > > After the IPL you *may* want to CPFMTXA the old page cylinders on 430RES > and 430W01 just to see if that causes I/O errors. If so, you know who to > contact. :-) > > Mike Walter > Hewitt Associates > > > > > "Edward M. Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> > 07/21/2006 10:38 AM > Please respond to > "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> > > > > To > IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > cc > > Subject > Re: HCPCLS174E using VSE SA util tape > > > > > > > Hello Alan, > > I have been starting to see other messages that are > leading me > to actually believe that I have a bad disk. > > Suddenly I can not logon MAINT without getting that > message. > (IPL 190). IPL CMS works ok. > > Ready; T=0.01/0.02 11:30:43 > q alloc page > EXTENT EXTENT TOTAL PAGES HIGH % > VOLID RDEV START END PAGES IN USE PAGE USED > ------ ---- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ---- > 430RES 0792 257 390 24120 767 829 3% > 430W03 075C 1802 1901 18000 240 250 1% > ------ ------ ---- > SUMMARY 42120 1007 2% > USABLE 42120 1007 2% > > > . > > Could I > 1) I can get a volume with only paging on it > > 2) tell System Config that the new volume is first, re-ipl, > > 3) do a q alloc page to ensure that the 430RES/430W03 page areas are not > being used. > > 4) either change the allocation to remove the page areas from > 430RES/430W03, > or cpformat just those areas. > > > Ed Martin > Aultman Health Foundation > 330-588-4723 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ext. 40441 > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > > Behalf Of Alan Altmark > > Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 11:00 AM > > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > > Subject: Re: HCPCLS174E using VSE SA util tape > > > > On Friday, 07/21/2006 at 10:33 AST, "Edward M. Martin" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I really thing it is something on the VSE/ESA system and > creating > > the sa > > > tape. > > > > Ed, that's a CP message, not VSE, and it doesn't have anything to do > with > > the content of the tape. CP is basically saying he can't run the IPL > > command. > > > > I suggest that you get another paging volume, CPFMTXA it and allocate > it > > for paging, attach it to the system, *detach* all other paging volumes > > (DETACH ... FROM SYSTEM) and reformat them. Then you can reverse that > > sequence and get things back where they belong, or just reipl. > > > > If you *still* have problems, then the game's afoot and you should > contact > > the support center (z/VM 4.4 and later only). > > > > Alan Altmark > > z/VM Development > > IBM Endicott > > > > > > The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents > may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected > from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, > or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please > immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message, > including any attachments. Any dissemination, distribution or other use of > the contents of this message by anyone other than the intended recipient > is strictly prohibited.