Alan, Do you think IBM will think about adding a 'page delete' feature so you can migrate page volumes to another disk subsystem so you don't have to shutdown all of the guest and z/VM? It sure would be handy. I was hoping to move all of the paging to the new devices so I would have less to do on the weekend when I move the z/VM res/spool/page/guest volumes.
Sam Bass -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 6:02 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: z/VM page space On Monday, 06/13/2011 at 03:48 EDT, Sam Bass <sam.b...@mclaneco.com> wrote: > I am migrating from one disk subsystem to another. > I know that you can add PAGE volumes via DEF CPOWNED after you have formatted a > volume and ATT *unit* SYSTEM. > > Is there a way to do a 'page delete' like you can in z/OS so you can move off > of the old disk volumes? Unfortunately, no. You can tell CP to stop using (adding new data to) a paging or spooling volume, but you cannot make CP migrate data off of the drained volume onto an active one. Alan Altmark z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant IBM System Lab Services and Training ibm.com/systems/services/labservices office: 607.429.3323 mobile; 607.321.7556 alan_altm...@us.ibm.com IBM Endicott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
