Yes, it is safe. I did it as recently as last spring with lots of volumes.
Marcy Cortes "This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation." -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stracka, James (GTI) Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 7:51 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] Removing paging volume That is the way it is supposed to work. I thought I did this on one of the test systems but cannot prove it (maybe it was a SPOOL volume). -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Little, Chris Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 10:17 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Removing paging volume Is it safe to detach a drained page volume from the system if there are no pages on it? For instance, removing 520PA2 below? q alloc page EXTENT EXTENT TOTAL PAGES HIGH % VOLID RDEV START END PAGES IN USE PAGE USED ------ ---- ---------- ---------- ------ ------ ------ ---- 520PAG 4308 1 10016 1761K 1536K 1761K 87% 520PA2 430C 1 10016 1761K 0 0 0% DR ------ ------ ---- SUMMARY 3521K 1536K 43% USABLE 1761K 1536K 87% DRAINING 1761K 0 0% Ready; T=0.01/0.01 09:08:22 -------------------------------------------------------- This message w/attachments (message) may be privileged, confidential or proprietary, and if you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender, do not use or share it and delete it. Unless specifically indicated, this message is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of any investment products or other financial product or service, an official confirmation of any transaction, or an official statement of Merrill Lynch. Subject to applicable law, Merrill Lynch may monitor, review and retain e-communications (EC) traveling through its networks/systems. The laws of the country of each sender/recipient may impact the handling of EC, and EC may be archived, supervised and produced in countries other than the country in which you are located. This message cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. This message is subject to terms available at the following link: http://www.ml.com/e-communications_terms/. By messaging with Merrill Lynch you consent to the foregoing. --------------------------------------------------------
