Are you sure you didn't make a typo when you defined the volume? CP Owned shows the volser as VMPPG5 whereas the one attached to system is VMPAG5?
From: "Bauer, Bobby (NIH/CIT) [E]" <baue...@mail.nih.gov> To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Date: 03/29/2011 09:18 AM Subject: Re: Dynamically adding page space Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> and now for the rest of the email q cpowned Slot Vol-ID Rdev Type Status 1 VMPRES 1003 Own Online and attached 2 VMPSPL 1004 Own Online and attached 3 VMPPAG 1002 Own Online and attached 4 VMPW01 1005 Own Online and attached 5 VMPW02 1006 Own Online and attached 6 VMPPG2 10E5 Own Online and attached 7 VMPW03 10EF Own Online and attached 8 VMPPG3 108F Own Online and attached 9 VMPPG4 109C Own Online and attached 10 VMPPG5 ---- Own Offline q 100c DASD 100C CP SYSTEM VMPAG5 0 Bobby Bauer Center for Information Technology National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD 20892-5628 301-594-7474 From: Bauer, Bobby (NIH/CIT) [E] Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 9:18 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: RE: Dynamically adding page space That would help! I did that but it still didn?t changed the cpowned state Bobby Bauer Center for Information Technology National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD 20892-5628 301-594-7474 From: Karl Kingston [mailto:karlkings...@ongov.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 9:14 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Dynamically adding page space You're missing: ATTACH 100C TO SYSTEM From: "Bauer, Bobby (NIH/CIT) [E]" <baue...@mail.nih.gov> To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Date: 03/29/2011 09:10 AM Subject: Dynamically adding page space Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> I?m trying to dynamically add a page pack to our z/VM system and I?ve got a situation that I don?t have in my notes. z/VM 5.4 on a z9 I?ve formatted the volume (3330-3) as a page volume and defined a cpowned slot for it. def cpowned slot 10 VMPPG5 But when I display cpowned, it show as offline: q cpowned Slot Vol-ID Rdev Type Status 1 VMPRES 1003 Own Online and attached 2 VMPSPL 1004 Own Online and attached 3 VMPPAG 1002 Own Online and attached 4 VMPW01 1005 Own Online and attached 5 VMPW02 1006 Own Online and attached 6 VMPPG2 10E5 Own Online and attached 7 VMPW03 10EF Own Online and attached 8 VMPPG3 108F Own Online and attached 9 VMPPG4 109C Own Online and attached 10 VMPPG5 ---- Own Offline However: q 100c DASD 100C VMPAG5 So what have I missed? Bobby Bauer Center for Information Technology National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD 20892-5628 301-594-7474