Re: Formatting large EAV dasd

2012-04-27 Thread Marcy Cortes
Does sound like it. Did anything appear on the console? Marcy -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark Post Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 9:30 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] Formatting large EAV dasd >>

Re: Formatting large EAV dasd

2012-04-27 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 4/27/2012 at 05:04 AM, Roger Evans wrote: > I did reboot after doing dasd_configure on the disks. dasdfmt didn't > work until I did the logon/logoff. OK, that sounds more like something in z/VM is off kilter. Mark Post --

Re: Formatting large EAV dasd

2012-04-27 Thread Roger Evans
390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of > > Mark Post > > Sent: woensdag 25 april 2012 16:55 > > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > > Subject: Re: Formatting large EAV dasd > > > > >>> On 4/25/2012 at 05:45 AM, Roger Evans wrote: > > > T

Re: Formatting large EAV dasd

2012-04-25 Thread van Sleeuwen, Berry
90@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of > Mark Post > Sent: woensdag 25 april 2012 16:55 > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: Formatting large EAV dasd > > >>> On 4/25/2012 at 05:45 AM, Roger Evans wrote: > > Thanks Berry. That (logoff/logon) did the trick. > &

Re: Formatting large EAV dasd

2012-04-25 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 4/25/2012 at 05:45 AM, Roger Evans wrote: > Thanks Berry. That (logoff/logon) did the trick. Definitely a bug then. You really should report it. It would also be interesting to find out if simply reIPLing Linux works around the problem. That might help isolate whether z/VM or Linux

Re: Formatting large EAV dasd

2012-04-25 Thread Roger Evans
Thanks Berry. That (logoff/logon) did the trick. Mvh./Best Regards Roger Evans, Autodata Norge A/S http://www.autodata.no +47 93 25 92 36 On Tue, 2012-04-24 at 22:58 +0200, Berry van Sleeuwen wrote: > Did you dynamically add the device? We have seen a similar error when > new DASD, 3390-9 i

Re: Formatting large EAV dasd

2012-04-24 Thread Berry van Sleeuwen
Did you dynamically add the device? We have seen a similar error when new DASD, 3390-9 in our case, is linked in SLES11 SP1. Only after a reboot (logoff/logon) of the guest we were able to format the DASD. Regards, Berry. Op 24-04-12 15:58, Roger Evans schreef: Is there anyway to format dasd de

Re: Formatting large EAV dasd

2012-04-24 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 4/24/2012 at 09:58 AM, Roger Evans wrote: > Is there anyway to format dasd devices that aren't minidisks (because > they're too large)? I would say that either you're using an older version of s390-tools that doesn't have EAV support yet, or you've hit a bug and should open a problem wi

Formatting large EAV dasd

2012-04-24 Thread Roger Evans
Is there anyway to format dasd devices that aren't minidisks (because they're too large)? I am trying to use disks that looks like this: faktark:~ # lsdasd Bus-ID Status Name Device Type BlkSz Size Blocks ==