Hello Anna,
It is better to worry a little than to 'assume'.
Ed Martin
Aultman Health Foundation
330-588-4723
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ext. 40441
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> From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Behalf Of Anne Crabtree
> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 2:08 PM
> To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
> Subject: Re: z/vm 5.1 to 5.3 question
>
> yup, when I released it, it said "update inhibited" or something
> similar. guess i worried for no reason.
>
> Anne D. Crabtree
> System Programmer
> WV Dept of Administration - OT
> 304-558-1494
> Fax 304-558-1441
>
> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7/26/2007 2:03 PM >>>
> > OK, I did that but it was scary...lol On query, 1913
> > showed as R/W. How can I force it R/O?
>
> Ann,
>
> If the original LINK at the first level was R/O, then
> you only have a R/O dasd. I don't remember why the
> 2nd level system tells you it is R/W, but it is not.
>
> I believe you can prove this to yourself by attaching
> the disk to a user (such as ESAMON), doing an ACC for
> 1913 (ACC 1913 E), then release E (REL E). VM should
> complain that it can't write to the disk (it is trying
> to update the file status table since it thought it was
> a R/W disk.)
>
> Ed Zell
> Illinois Mutual Life
> (309) 674-8255 x-107
> .
>
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