On Tuesday, 07/20/2010 at 04:10 EDT, Marcy Cortes
wrote:
> Not that long unless its 57 Terabytes.
> I think it's the safe thing to do too, but z/OS is doing them this time
(don't
> ask) and they are questioning the necessity.
> Would be good to have a definitive answer from IBM! (IBM disk).
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How do y
y, July 20, 2010 15:47
Subject: Re: ICKDSF format of new DASD
Hi Marcy,
I use to format the whole volume under CPFMTXA or ICKDSF on z/OS and
then turn around only to have Linux format them again a real waste of
time.
So now I just init cylinder zero with a z/VM Label for doc purposes and
it works fi
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Marcy,
I use ICKDSF to format all new DASD that is assigned to a VM LPAR, whether it's
a new
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Of Marcy Cortes
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Subject: [IBMVM] ICKDSF format of new DASD
What is the current recommendation for new DASD purchases and ICKDSF CPVOL
FORMAT for disk to be used for Linux.
We've been formatti
: ICKDSF format of new DASD
Hi Marcy,
I use to format the whole volume under CPFMTXA or ICKDSF on z/OS and
then turn around only to have Linux format them again a real waste of
time.
So now I just init cylinder zero with a z/VM Label for doc purposes and
it works fine.
Thank You,
Terry Martin
: ICKDSF format of new DASD
When we *had* zLinux POC guests, we formatted them under CMS using the
LXFMT utility, see:
http://www.sinenomine.net/products/vm/lxfmt
Once formatted with LXFMT, the disk was accessible from Linux without
dasdfmt. But your particular filesystem needs may require
Cortes wrote:
From: Marcy Cortes
Subject: ICKDSF format of new DASD
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Date: Tuesday, 20 July, 2010, 9:36 AM
What is the current recommendation for new DASD purchases and ICKDSF CPVOL
FORMAT for disk to be used for Linux.
We've been formatting the whole thing. Once
: ICKDSF format of new DASD
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Date: Tuesday, 20 July, 2010, 9:36 AM
What is the current recommendation for new DASD purchases and ICKDSF CPVOL
FORMAT for disk to be used for Linux.
We've been formatting the whole thing. Once upon a time there was a DASD
driver bug
What is the current recommendation for new DASD purchases and ICKDSF CPVOL
FORMAT for disk to be used for Linux.
We've been formatting the whole thing. Once upon a time there was a DASD
driver bug that this helped avoid, but I'm sure that has been fixed before.
Marcy
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