Any Class A with DEVMAINT can also DEF MDISK. Regards, Richard Schuh
> -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Rob van der Heij > Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 5:35 AM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: DEF MDISK > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 8:51 AM, Shimon Lebowitz > <shim...@iname.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I was surprised to discover that there is apparently no way to do a > > DEFINE MDISK without getting read/write access to the mdisk. > > > Does anyone have a way around this? > > IIRC the DEF MDISK also is limited to the system operator, > which I am not on most systems. > > For this purpose I carry a DIAG84 MODULE that does an update > of the active CP directory to re-define one of my mini disks > so that I can issue the LINK to get it. Don't have the syntax > handy, but goes something like this: > DIAG84 RVDHEIJ MDISK 191 3390 17 20 VMA130 > LINK * 191 22 RR > I used to have an exec that saved and restored the old extent > around the link, but as long as you don't logoff/logon before > next directxa there is no need. > > Rob >
