The obvious argument against using the rdev in the volser is when you end up needing to move the data to a new volume, or restore the pack after a physical problem, then you no longer have a match between the volser and the rdev, and it becomes very confusing from there.
There really isn¹t one ideal way to do it. -- Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation .~. RO-OC-1-18 200 First Street SW /V\ 507-284-0844 Rochester, MN 55905 /( )\ ----- ^^-^^ "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, theory and practice are different." On 8/26/10 12:55 PM, "Michael MacIsaac" <mike...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > >> >I do know what addresses my system disks are on, > Ah! - an argument for the convention of using the RDEV as the last four > characters of the volser :)) > > "Mike MacIsaac" <mike...@us.ibm.com> (845) 433-7061
