agreed , I would move or purge logfiles off of ldev 1. Spoolfiles as well
if you have any. These files take up the most space
also,
try building a file as large as you need on ldev 1 to reserve the space and
purge it prior to the update as recommended in the
OS update docs.
Good luck
On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 3:55 PM, Chuck Trites <
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> Thanks Mark. I located some more info on the CONTIGVOL in Discfree and on
> the use of VOLUTIL. This use of VOLUTIL was to get enough space (if
> needed) on Sysdisc for an OS Update. It isn't meant to defrag. I agree
> that if defrag needs to be done, it could be done very infrequently.
> Chuck [log in to unmask] Consulting, Inc.59 Doe
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> On Friday, December 12, 2014 3:29 PM, Mark Landin <
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>
> Unless the drives are extremely full and contiguous space is rare, I don't
> see the value in frequent defragging. Quarterly? Maybe. Daily? No.
>
> Not sure if defragging an auto raid is useful or even recommended. May not
> be a problem to do it, but auto raid takes so much disk allocation out of
> the OS's hands it may just ignore the entire process.
>
> On Friday, December 12, 2014, Chuck Trites <
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> > I have a customer with VOLUTIL built into a backup job stream to defrag
> > disks. Disks are 2 internal drives and 4 drives on an Autoraid array.
> On
> > several occasions the 3000 hangs and needs to be rebooted. On one
> occasion
> > it hung while executing contigvol on Ldev 1. On others it hangs while
> > trying to setup for Volutil using discfree A","LDEV";format="contigvol
> > "+word(R,,3). I don't see the value in doing this procedure during
> backup
> > streams at all, but am looking for feedback in doing it especially on the
> > drives in the Autoraid.
> > TIA,
> > Chuck [log in to unmask] Consulting, Inc.59 Doe
> > Ave.Laconia, NH 03246Phone: (603) 219-1500
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