You need to list it as a draining volume in SYSTEM CONFIG before the shutdown and IPL.
Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Kern > Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 11:02 AM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: Risk of Adding a Paging Volume > > If you have spare volumes, format some as quickly as > possible, add them t= o the system and DRAIN the problem > volume, take it out of the configuration= > > files and after the next IPL, test that volume, reformat that > volume, tes= t it again, etc. > > /Tom Kern > > On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:57:51 -0700, Wandschneider, Scott > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am receiving I/O Errors on one of my PAGE Volumes. What would be > considered the risk of adding a new PAGE volume (CP Format, > etc.) and draining the problem volume. Management is saying > wait until we can IPL = the system and say it's ok. > > > >What does the list think? > > > > > >Scott R Wandschneider >
