+1 on the mod-54's. We are all mod-54 for SYSRES. When the dust settled, I am at 27% freespace. Root filesystem alone on my 2.2 systems is 83K tracks.
_________________________________________________________________ Dave Jousma Assistant Vice President, Manager, Mainframe Engineering [email protected] 1830 East Paris, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 MD RSCB2H p 616.653.8429 f 616.653.2717 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Schwab Sent: Friday, April 22, 2016 2:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Respack Volume Size Challenge Our system programmer has requested a Mod 40 to keep on a single residence volume for z/OS 2.2. Might want to get Mod 54s. Or a device that can expand existing volumes. On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 12:32 PM, Jesse 1 Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > After living in close quarters for some time with a single Mod-9 > sysres, we seem to have finally outgrown our britches for the next 2.1 > RSU. Multiple sysres volumes would require changes to our venerable > system migration process, which is used to populate seven different > sysplexes from the SMP/E target packs. So we're trying to procure > Mod-27s in order not to have to touch the migration mechanism. As > Jerry indicates, multiple sysres volumes would require a culture > change in addition to a technical one. Bioware is the most difficult > area to manage. ;-) > > BTW the largest allocation on the sysres volume is SCUNTBL, a whopping 2769 > cylinders, far larger than distant second SCEERUN2. We could probably stay on > a Mod-9 if we treated SCUNTBL as we do ZFS files, which we migrate and manage > separately by DSN. Still the simplest solution is a bigger volume. > > . > . > . > J.O.Skip Robinson > Southern California Edison Company > Electric Dragon Team Paddler > SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager > 323-715-0595 Mobile > 626-302-7535 Office > [email protected] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Jerry Whitteridge > Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2016 9:02 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: (External):Re: EXTERNAL: Re: Respack Volume Size Challenge > > We use &SYSR1 through &SYSR5 to have a 5 pack resvol set (note these include > OMVS related HFS/ZFS - hence the number/sizes) and have no issues. Biggest > problem I have is folks inadvertently recataloging the datasets from their > indirect values while doing maintenance so we locked down the Master Cat such > that even the Sysprogs have restrictions on what they can change. > > Jerry Whitteridge > Manager Mainframe Systems & Storage > Albertsons - Safeway Inc. > 925 738 9443 > Corporate Tieline - 89443 > > If you feel in control > you just aren't going fast enough. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Lucas Rosalen > Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2016 2:14 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: Respack Volume Size Challenge > > As far as I have seen, it's quite simple: create a &SYSR2 symbol > (using > &SYSR1 and changing last char from 1 to 2, for example) and update MCAT > accordingly. > Once I've worked for a client that had 3-volumes respack. It indeed worked. > We used to keep datasets like LINKLIB, MACLIB, NUCLEUS, etc in 1st volumes > though... > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------- > *Lucas Rosalen* > Emails: [email protected] / *[email protected] > <[email protected]>* > LinkedIn: http://br.linkedin.com/in/lrosalen > Phone: +48 (71) 792 809 198 > > > 2016-04-21 10:45 GMT+02:00 Jake Anderson <[email protected]>: > >> Hello, >> >> From the z/OS 2.1, I have started using Mod-27 as the Load >> address(Respack) for IPLing the z/OS 2.1 LPAR. I am curious how the >> other Shops are managing when they do not options of using Mod-27 and >> they have to survive with Mod-9. I believe the Extended Indirect cataloging >> is one Options. >> >> What kind of challenges are there when the Respack is divided into >> two Volumes ? >> >> Jake > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above. If you receive this e-mail in error, please do not read, copy or disseminate it in any manner. 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