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Next week we will start with ESA 1.1 and will have new 3390 disks.
Within VMSECURE/E we define subpools for minidisk allocation of
different user groups. Each of these subpools will then include
different models of 3380 and new 3390 disks.
Like in the past we want to do minidisk allocation by cylindersize.
This minimizes disk fragmatation, because we use multiples of 5 and
till now we didn't need any compress. Now the question:
how to call ADDMDISK or CHGMDISK commands, so that I get the requested
number of cylinders from the specified subpool independent from the
device type? (ADDMDISK ULRIKE 192 MYPOOL 10 ??? * * MR ...)
As far as I understand the command description, I have to
specify the device type of 3380 or 3390 to get size interpreted as
cylinders. Shure, I can try both and if I get the disk I'm ready, but
that is not a very elegant solution in a shop were minidisk allocation
is part of centralized dispatch functions.

Any hints are welcome
Ulrike Schmidt