Hello Everyone, These are new DS6800 FICON attached dasd. All 3390 (mod 3 or mod 9). Never used. No residual data.
But I am getting the feeling is that FORMAT once to ensure that everything is where it should be. Ed Martin 330-588-4723 ext 40441 -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:28 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: DDR to a second level system On Wednesday, 04/30/2008 at 10:55 EDT, Tom Duerbusch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And you are aware that you only "need" to do a CP FORMAT for CP ONLY volumes. > Regular CMS volumes nor other guest volumes need CP FORMAT done. Doesn't hurt, > just a waste of time. It's only a waste if you already formatted the volume to destroy residual data. Otherwise, you need to do it. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
