When CP links a minidisk to a user, either via a LINK statement or command or a MDISK statement, it is given 2 alternative link methods on the command. In your case, you have asked for a MR link. CP will attempt to make a M link first which on its own says gimme a R/W link regardless if anyone has any R/O link. If someone has an R/W link already, even the issuing user, then CP goes to the next letter which in your case is R. That says gimme a R/O link regardless.
________________________________ Judson West Systems Programming Team TeradataR, a division of NCR Corporation _____ From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of KEETON Dave * OR SDC Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 11:23 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: DFSMS/VM Q DASD shows: DASD 01A6 3390 DFSMD0 R/O 2 CYL ON DASD 982B SUBCHANNEL = 000D But the directory entry is: MDISK 1A6 3390 0117 0002 DFSMD0 MR That's what I don't understand. Seems to me that the MR mode should attach it as read-write. _____ From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Pace Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 11:11 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: DFSMS/VM On 8/7/07, KEETON Dave * OR SDC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How come the other disks are coming up R/O? They are assigned to DFSMS, so shouldn't they be attached R/W? I don't quite understand HCPLNM102E DASD 01A6 forced R/O; R/W by DFSMS If you are logging on to DFSMS. What does the directory entry look like? -- Mark Pace Mainline Information Systems
