Yes, there’s a limit.   1 TB.

Regards,
Alan

Alan Altmark
IBM Systems Lab Services
Endicott, NY         USA

> On Apr 5, 2022, at 6:02 PM, Neale Ferguson <ne...@sinenomine.net> wrote:
> 
> Is there a maximum edev size?
> 
> 
> 
> You can copy the LUNs with DDR, but you have to first define an EDEVICE for 
> them.
> 
> Regards,
> Alan
> 
> Alan Altmark
> Senior Managing z/VM Consultant
> IBM Systems Lab Services
> 1 607 321 7556 Mobile
> alan_altm...@us.ibm.com
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU> On Behalf Of
>> Martha McConaghy
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2022 5:20 PM
>> To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU
>> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [LINUX-390] Moving LUNs using z/VM
>> 
>> I have a few RHEL servers that run on z/VM but boot off of a direct attached
>> SAN LUN (not an EDEV or ECKD).  They reside on an old DS8870 and I need to
>> move them to a new DS8910.  (No PPRC, GDPS, etc.)  Is there a way that I
>> could use VM to copy these LUNs to the new storage?   I was looking at DDR,
>> but wasn't sure if the FB-512 type would work for these.  They aren't CMS
>> format disks, obviously, so that isn't an option.  I'm trying to avoid 
>> having to
>> attach them to a Linux server to do the work, but will if that is the only
>> option.  Since these are boot volumes, I have to copy the boot partition and
>> boot record, not just the filesystems.  So, a physical copy would be the 
>> best.
>> 
>> Any ideas?
> 
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