Point of order...
If you're going to dump and restore the spool, and IPL Clean, is there
really a need to drain the volume? What purpose in the sequence would it
serve?
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On 3/12/07 9:25 AM, "Alan Altmark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Monday, 03/12/2007 at 10:33 AST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> No. The Official Answer is to
> 1. Drain the volume
> 2. SPXTAPE DUMP all spool files to tape
> 3. Update SYSTEM CONFIG to remove the now-drained volume
> 4. IPL CLEAN
> 5. SPXTAPE LOAD all the spool file back.
>
> You can be more selective and avoid an IPL by using Mark Lorenc's SPFPACK
> utility from the VM Download Library. Details at
> http://www.vm.ibm.com/download/packages/descript.cgi?SPFPACK.
>
> Alan Altmark
> z/VM Development
> IBM Endicott
