I went to IBM and opened a PMR on this today.  I just got off the phone with 
support and they said that TSM "DOES NOT" put an exclusive lock a disk pool 
volume for each node session that is sending data.  They said that while a size 
estimate of the data being sent is used to allocate an amount of space it is by 
no means a lock on an entire volume unless of course the size estimate is 
larger than the entire volume itself.


Richard Sims <rbs AT BU DOT EDU> wrote:
On Nov 17, 2004, at 2:43 PM, Curtis Stewart wrote:

> "Calling a Richard": Definition: Name for a situation where the entire
> list is stumped and needs to look to Richard for advice and/or
> information
> regarding some obscure ITSM function.

And we all look to Andy and Del. :-)
Well, there are some things I specifically know; some whose answers I
know
how to look for; and some which are in situational categories. I do
stay
out of areas where I have no expertise, such as virtual volumes and
SANs.
But in so many questions, it is the information that so many on the List
contribute based upon their own areas of learning that help get answers
so quickly. Kind of like having a giant, networked mind. (Visions of
a weird 1950s sci-fi movie...) I think I honed a lot of skills in the
pre-Internet days, when I had to dig deep for my own answers. (Get the
kids away from the TV and into books.)

Richard Sims


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