With slight variations we essentially do the same as Richard Schuh. Because, recently, we had more than one current z/VM 5.3 build system we define 5 Mod-3 disks with our own label and define minidisks (1-END) on each of these for our 2nd level build & customisation system. One other good technique for minimising the number of disks you have to map to move data is to define an ISLINK over an attached CTC between the 2nd level system and one of the 1st level systems. You can then use SFS to move files.
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