The question I was trying to bring up, as modified by your comments: "Spool files are addressed as volume_number, cyl, track, record."
Is the "volume_number" always the cpowned number, or is it based on type, in this case "spool type"? Since we haven't come up with a definitive answer, and I guess you can't easily test this, then the SPXTAPE is the only way to be sure you don't loose your spool. BTW, I take it that you don't normally backup spool or this wouldn't be a problem at your installation. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting FELINE PHYSICS: Law of Cat Motion A cat will move in a straight line, unless there is a really good reason to change direction. >>> Jim Bohnsack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 9/19/2007 3:04 PM >>> I can't really address Robert Nix's question. I'd be leery of trying it without doing a SPXTAPE dump, however. The question that Tom raised however referring to changing the order in the CP owned list of a spool volume cannot be done without dumping and reloading the spool. This is because each CP owned volume has a number in the CP owned list and if the "n'th" volume, which happens to contain SPOOL space all of a sudden becomes "n'th+1" volume, you've just lost what "was" on the volume. Spool files are addressed as volume_number, cyl, track, record. Jim Tom Duerbusch wrote: > The thing I would be concerned about, is changing the order of the > CPOWNED volumes. > > In this case, you are not. > But, is there some requirement of keeping the spool volumes in the same > order? > In other words, if PACK03 will now contain spool files, what would > happen if the cpowned list shows: > PACK01, PACK02, PACK03, PACK04, PACK05. > But your spool files were on: > PACK02, PACK04, PACK05. > > Would inserting the spool volume happen at the end of the spool list? > In middle of the spool list? Or who cares? > > And which would end up cold starting the spool areas? > > I think you have a right to be concerned. I would offload my spool > before doing such a thing. But I have good access to tape. > > Tom Duerbusch > THD Consulting > > FELINE PHYSICS: > Law of Cat Motion > > A cat will move in a straight line, unless there is a really good > reason to change direction. > > > >>>> RPN01 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 9/19/2007 1:29 PM >>> >>>> > I think I asked this once, but didn¹t get an answer.... > > The 5.3 install allowed me to format page and spool as 3390 mod 9 > devices > (10017 cylinders). But in fact, I was using 3390 mod 27 disks (32760 > cylinders). If I go into the devices with ICKDSF and change the > remaining > cylinders to PAGE and SPOL, I¹m fairly sure nothing bad will happen to > the > page volume, but will the spool volume remain intact? Or will I be > cold-starting and rebuilding my SDF files? > > Do I need to back everything up (requiring tape, which is scarce here), > or > can I get away with just doing it? > > -- Jim Bohnsack Cornell University (607) 255-1760 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
