What you say is true. Respectfully, for newbies it could be confusing seeing something with MAINT in the name. Most newbies learn quickly that MAINT is the su and to treat things associated with MAINT with respect. Regards, Steve G.
-----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Schuh, Richard Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 12:47 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: X Disk in SFS Not necessarily. You can enroll MAINT in the user file pool as well as in VMSYS. The user file pool would not be touched by the new releases. If that were done, MAINT would be perfectly acceptable. Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gentry, Stephen > Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 8:16 AM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: X Disk in SFS > > You've got some catchin' up to do. 8-) > I would not use MAINT as a file space. Reason being, when new > releases of VM come out, you'll have to worry about backing > your stuff up and reloading it.