z/VSE Parallel Access Volume White Paper 12/08/2009
©Andreas Vischer
IBM Germany Development & Research GmbH
Prerequisites and Activation of the z/VSE PAV Support
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PAV feature purchased, installed and enabled on the IBM System Storage Disk system.
( DS8000 Series Feature Codes 78xx / DS6000 Series Feature Codes 51xx )
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Base and alias devices defined in the System z IOCDS.
( Base and alias devices are transparent to the IOCDS, and therefore both fully qualified
IODEVICE definitions in the IOCDS )
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Base device defined in the z/VSE IPL start up procedure.
( corresponding ADD statement )
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Starting of the z/VSE PAV support via SYSDEF SYSTEM,PAV=START command (see
following section)
For more information, examples and a more detailed description about PAV in the z/VSE context please
see
z/VSE Administration SC33-8304-02 .
