Yes, I have a vague memory from a bad experience that "USERS" also has something to do with the total number of *objects* that can be maintained in the FilePool!
In this case, the USERS value is 2500. As stated earlier, FILESERV GENERATE was run to create this shiny new FilePool (VMX:). The data was backed up from a FilePool (VM:) that had the USERS value set to 2000, but this is a HiDRO backup of the FilePool, so it doesn't have any control data in it, only the blocks of user data to be restored. JR JR (Steven) Imler CA Senior Software Engineer Tel: +1 703 708 3479 Fax: +1 703 708 3267 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Schuh, Richard > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 01:26 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: RC = 12 FROM CSL FUNCTION DMSWRBLK; REASON: 97400 > > Steve, > > The formula for determining the USERS is not at all accurate. > I once had > a small filepool on a system that only had 35 userids in its > directory. > I found that with a value of 100 for USERS, which was higher than the > formula suggested as only 16 of the users were even granted > authority to > access the single defined filespace, the system would rapidly > grind to a > halt. By upping the value for USERS to 1000, things ran smoothly. > > Regards, > Richard Schuh
