To those who were following a thread last year regarding VM:Secure and VM:Direct caching DASD volume allocation bit maps, and the writing over them when it reorganized the DRCT cylinders, the solution is available...
Quoted from "z/VM and VM/ESA Newsletter from CA, Version 08.01 February 29, 2008" Object Directory Volume Allocation Map Update Relief for CA VM:Secure® for z/VM and CA VM:Director® for z/VM CA VM:Secure for z/VM and CA VM:Director for z/VM must be shut down if a change needs to be made to the allocation map on the volume that contains your z/VM online object directory. To avoid this requirement and make the changes without shutting down the product server, we have provided a test field update. More details at: https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpdocs?filePath=0/185/185_techdocindex.html Mike Walter Hewitt Associates The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message, including any attachments. Any dissemination, distribution or other use of the contents of this message by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. All messages sent to and from this e-mail address may be monitored as permitted by applicable law and regulations to ensure compliance with our internal policies and to protect our business. E-mails are not secure and cannot be guaranteed to be error free as they can be intercepted, amended, lost or destroyed, or contain viruses. You are deemed to have accepted these risks if you communicate with us by e-mail.
