John, Bob, thanks. Makes much more sense now. Bobby Bauer Center for Information Technology National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD 20892-5628 301-594-7474
-----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Romanowski, John (OFT) Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 10:30 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Nedd some help undersdtanding vdisk a VDISK is shared by CP LINK-ing to it for example USER1 can CP LINK USER2 700 A700 RR VDISK NCIALPHA have 524,288 blocks because its VDISks are defined in the CP directory and not via a CP command > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On > Behalf Of Bauer, Bobby (NIH/CIT) [E] > Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 10:23 AM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Nedd some help undersdtanding vdisk > > I'm really struggling with these displays and definitions. For VM 5.4: > > 1) The manual says v-disk are shareable, created by the first user and > deleted after the last user. > If in user direct I have v-disk defined for 3 user: > User1 has MDISK 700 FB-512 V-DISK 524288 > User2 has MDISK 700 FB-512 V-DISK 524288 > User3 has MDISK 700 FB-512 V-DISK 131072 > How are they shared? > > > 2) I currently have: > q vdisk u > VDISK USER LIMIT IS 144000 BLK > Ready; T=0.01/0.01 09:39:02 > q vdisk s > VDISK SYSTEM LIMIT IS 3605040 BLK, 3145728 BLK IN USE > Ready; T=0.01/0.01 09:39:13 > > q vdisk > VDISK FAWKES 0701 131072 BLK 1 LINKS > FAWKES 0700 R/W > > VDISK NCIALPHA 0701 524288 BLK 1 LINKS > NCIALPHA 0701 R/W > > VDISK NCIALPHA 0700 524288 BLK 1 LINKS > NCIALPHA 0700 R/W > > If the user limit is 144,000 blocks, how can VDISK NCIALPHA have > 524,288 blocks, twice. > > Thanks > > Bobby Bauer > Center for Information Technology > National Institutes of Health > Bethesda, MD 20892-5628 > 301-594-7474 > > > This e-mail, including any attachments, may be confidential, privileged or otherwise legally protected. It is intended only for the addressee. If you received this e-mail in error or from someone who was not authorized to send it to you, do not disseminate, copy or otherwise use this e-mail or its attachments. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete the e-mail from your system.