Still wouldn't be enough in the sequence. Adding those 2 slots would still leave me 3 short. Other than that, I really don't see the point. With today's disk architecture, that type of distinction is perhaps meaningless. Besides, the space is reserved regardless of where it resides.
Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Wheeler > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 2:20 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: Adding Spool Volumes > > Richard, > > I allocate the first 1000 cylinders of each of my (3390-9) > page volumes as SPOL, then mark it as DUMP space in SYSTEM > CONFIG. That would free up your dedicated DUMP volumes, which > could be redeployed as spool. > > Best regards, > > Mark L. Wheeler > IT Infrastructure, 3M Center B224-4N-20, St Paul MN 55144 > Tel: (651) 733-4355, Fax: (651) 736-7689 mlwheeler at mmm.com > -- > "I have this theory that if one person can go out of their > way to show compassion then it will start a chain reaction of > the same. People will never know how far a little kindness > can go." Rachel Joy Scott > > > > > > "Schuh, Richard" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent by: The IBM > To > z/VM Operating > IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > System > cc > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ARK.EDU> > Subject > Adding Spool Volumes > > > > 03/24/2008 04:13 > > PM > > > > > > Please respond to > > The IBM z/VM > > Operating System > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ARK.EDU> > > > > > > > > > > My current CP Owned list looks like this: > > > Slots Use > 1-10 Spool > 11-15 Reserved > 16-17 Dump > 18-39 Page > 40 T-Disk > 41-50 Reserved > > > I need to double the spool space for upcoming events (z/TPF > dumps). I know that I can use slots 11-15 and 5 slots from > the 41-50 range. I would rather keep my Spool space in one > range. Would anything break if I changed it so that slots > 1-20 are spool and everything else pushed down to higher slot > numbers, as below? I know that changing the slot numbers for > page is no problem, and I cannot think of a good reason for > the system to care about the placement of T-disk, but what > about the Dump? It is a part of Spool, but it gets > reallocated at IPL. Is there anything that would break if the > dump disks moved from slots 16 and 17 to 31 and 32? > > > Slots Use > 1-20 Spool > 21-30 Reserved > 31-32 Dump > 33-54 Page > 55-64 Reserved > 65 T-disk > > > > Regards, > Richard Schuh >
