NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #30/NN_1992_30.iso/spool/comp/os/vms/19247

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From: [e-mail] (Ken Connelly)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Splitting a user disk
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Date: 14 Dec 92 21:24:23 GMT
Organization: University of Northern Iowa
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I have a series of DEFINE statements in SYLOGICALS.COM like the following:

$ DEFINE/SYSTEM/EXEC/TRANSLATION=(CONC,TERM) STUDISK      MOE$DUB0:

and I've told my users to use logical name and not the physical device name
in command procedures, etc., because the physical device *will* change from
time to time.

Diskquotas are enabled on the current device (and will be on the new pair
of devices).  The users' directories are created for them in the MFD when
their accounts are created.  The users are not allowed to created
directories outside their initial login directory.

The time is rapidly approaching when I will need to split the current users
of "STUDISK" into two groups due to the facts that STUDISK has recently
surpassed 90% full and that it is overbooked by a factor of more than 8!

I would *like* to maintain the logical name of STUDISK for all current
users of the device.  Here is what I envision doing:

  Split the current users on DUB0 onto DUB1 and DUB2.  A current (and
  future) user will have diskquota and directory on *only one of* DUB1 or
  DUB2.

  For my convenience:

    $ DEFINE/SYSTEM/EXEC/TRANSLATION=(CONC,TERM) STU1      MOE$DUB1:
    $ DEFINE/SYSTEM/EXEC/TRANSLATION=(CONC,TERM) STU2      MOE$DUB2:

  The default device in SYSUAF will be STU1 or STU2.

  And to maintain the current logical STUDISK:

    $ DEFINE/SYSTEM/EXEC/TRANSLATION=(CONC,TERM) STUDISK   MOE$DUB1:,MOE$DUB2:

This *appears* to work, i.e., DIR STUDISK:[000000] shows all files in the
MFD of both devices.  A bonus (I think) is that they show up as a single
list, not as separate lists as seen with DIR SYS$MANAGER, etc.  Also,
DIR STUDISK:[some-valid-directory] lists the files in that directory as
expected.

Is there anything obvious that I'm missing?  Or worse, anything insidious?
Or is there a better way?

Thanks in advance for your time, thoughts, and input.
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