David, CP doesn't need a PAGE pack to start: it can and will page in spool packs when PAGE is full or not existent. Only when spool is full too, then CP dies. Yeah, I was just thinking about that - bad habit, I know. Another reason to get SPXTAPE fixed to work with a pipeline stage input/output so the only really critical thing is to get some spool built - you probably could even do without NSSes for long enough to get the system restored (assume you IPL 190 instead of CMS and waste some RAM during the restores). Keep your one pack system in the config but inaccessible with Offline_at_IPL in your production SYSTEM CONFIG so it doesn't get accidentally used. Then you could pretty much not care about CP areas at all other than the directory. Hmm.... I probably should talk to CA about promoting V/SEG more. I really like Mike's idea about having one id per volume to restore. That's cool, and lends itself really nicely to automation. You could rebuild the 1 pack system completely automatically every night and create a tape to send out without human intervention. Hmm. Hmm.
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