Ah, but the dump only includes CP storage and not that belonging to the users. That was the reasoning behind the statement, again IIRC.
Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of David Boyes > Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 11:50 AM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: z/VM 5.2 Dumps > > > Most obvious reason is that 5.2 now dumps more than 2G. 4.4 > only dumped > the 1st 2G regardless of how much real storage was there. > > David Boyes > Sine Nomine Associates > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > > Behalf Of Schuh, Richard > > Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 2:31 PM > > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > > Subject: z/VM 5.2 Dumps > > > > IIRC, there was a discussion, either at SHARE or in this forum, in > which > > it was stated that dumps of z/VM 5.2 would not be > significantly larger > > than those from what were then the current systems (mine was 4.4). > Would > > somebody like to recant? Our dumps are much, much larger. > When I used > > VMARC to compress a 5.2 dump, it is reduced to approximately 18% of > its > > former size. That compressed dump is larger than the uncompressed > dumps I > > used to get from 4.4. Same h/w, same everything except for VM CP. > > > > Regards, > > Richard Schuh > > > > >
