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Using ADDMDISK with Macros

The ADDMDISK command stacks a record for use by the calling macro when it successfully allocates the new minidisk if a CA VM:Secure macro calls the ADDMDISK command. The stacked record is in last‑in/first‑out (LIFO) order and contains all the information necessary to build an MDISK record. The stacked record has the following format:

vaddr devtype start size volser linkmode rpw wpw mpw

The start and size values are in blocks for FBA and cylinders for CKD devices.

If another CA VM:Secure macro does not call ADDMDISK, CA VM:Secure does not stack any record.

For security reasons, the ADDMDISK command will remove pre‑existing LINK statements from user directory entries that link to the newly created minidisk.

Examples

• To allocate and format a 291 minidisk for user ID BOBBY from subpool MAIN with a size of 10 cylinders and read/write access, enter:

  vmsecure addmdisk bobby 291 main 10 3380 * * mr
  

• To allocate and format a 291 minidisk for user ID BOBBY from subpool MAIN with a size of 10 512‑byte blocks and read/write access, enter:

  vmsecure addmdisk bobby 291 main 10 * * * mr
  

• To allocate but not format a 2‑cylinder minidisk at virtual address 391 on a 3390 for user ID BOBBY from the default subpool of BOBBY’s manager, enter:

  vmsecure addmdisk bobby 391 * 2 3390 * * mr (noformat