Chris, My recall of the general guidance from the list over the years is to define your OWN filepool with it's own filespaces for _your_ SFS applications. That way they are independent of anything IBM might do to the IBM-supplied SFS servers.
That said, since DFSMS/VM is IBM-supplied, that was the sole product that we installed into IBM SFS servers. And... it served as a nice confirmation that the IBM servers were working as designed. DFSMS/VM has some parts on minidisks, and REQUIRES some parts in filespaces. IMHO, the requirement for SFS when only running DFSMS/VM for managing VTLs or VTSs makes the while thing overly complicated. But just as many products are installed with z/VM whether you need them or not, a consistent standard is probably easier for IBM to package and maintain. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates. "Hilliard, Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> 05/05/2008 02:00 PM Please respond to "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject SFS Hello List, I?m reviewing the installation requirements for the DFSMS/VM feature. I notice that it requires the VMSYS file pool. When I installed VM many months ago, I selected to install to minidisks instead of SFS. As a result, the SFS subsystem is not active or configured. My question: Is there a way to easily create the required SFS environment/pools or would re-installing VM and selecting SFS be required? Thanks?Chris 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.
