Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Storage questions - mod9, mod27, mod54

2023-09-11 Thread Pommier, Rex
er 11, 2023 12:21 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Storage questions - mod9, mod27, mod54 Linda, Really, you need to take those questions to your storage group. There are a lot of variables based on hardware and currently used storage in the DASD subsystem. To fix one inco

Re: Storage questions - mod9, mod27, mod54

2023-09-11 Thread Tony Thigpen
Linda, Really, you need to take those questions to your storage group. There are a lot of variables based on hardware and currently used storage in the DASD subsystem. To fix one incorrect reply, at lease on IBM DS8000, all DASD on the same LCU (FKA 'string') does *not* have to be the same s

Re: Storage questions - mod9, mod27, mod54

2023-09-11 Thread Mike Schwab
The absolutely easiest way is to use TDMF, FDRPAS, etc., to move your existing volumes to the new larger volumes on the new storage unit. You then run ICKDSF to pick up the new size. If your VTOC size is pretty small you may run out of VTOC entries if you have lots of small datasets on the volume.

Re: Storage questions - mod9, mod27, mod54

2023-09-11 Thread Radoslaw Skorupka
Answers below. W dniu 11.09.2023 o 16:14, Linda Hagedorn pisze: Hi, I hope you won't mind a storage question. We're running zOS 2.4 and have a smattering of volume sizes - mod9, mod27, mod54. I'd like to have all mod54's for Db2 and be prepared before going to the storage folks. 1. Is stor

Re: [EXTERNAL] Storage questions - mod9, mod27, mod54

2023-09-11 Thread Pommier, Rex
On Behalf Of Linda Hagedorn Sent: Monday, September 11, 2023 9:14 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Storage questions - mod9, mod27, mod54 Hi, I hope you won't mind a storage question. We're running zOS 2.4 and have a smattering of volume sizes - mod9, mod27,

Storage questions - mod9, mod27, mod54

2023-09-11 Thread Linda Hagedorn
Hi, I hope you won't mind a storage question. We're running zOS 2.4 and have a smattering of volume sizes - mod9, mod27, mod54. I'd like to have all mod54's for Db2 and be prepared before going to the storage folks. 1. Is storage virtual nowadays? 2. Can virtual mod9s and mod27s be rec