> -----Original Message-----
> From: The IBM z/VM Operating System 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Schuh, Richard
> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 1:30 PM
> To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
> Subject: Re: Ten Questions to ask a Prospective z/VM Systems 
> Programmer
> 
> 
> If you share with a user outside your own LPAR, you need real
> Reserve/Release, not virtual. The virtual is for when you 
> have multiple
> guests running in the same LPAR, under the same CP, who need the
> Reserve/release. Virtual reserve/Release will do nothing to prevent
> clashes with other LPARs.
> 
> 
> Regards, 
> Richard Schuh 
IIRC, virtual reserve / release plus a full-volume mdisk is needed to
share with other systems on other LPARs successfully. I.e. the virtual
reserve / release, in that case, actually does a reserve to the volume
in question.

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John McKown
Senior Systems Programmer
HealthMarkets
Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage
Administrative Services Group
Information Technology

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