[Info-vax] VMS defragmenters

[Bob Koehler]

In article <gs50o5$6ch$1 at online.de>, helbig at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply) writes:
> 
> It's also scary.  What happens if one runs it without having done the 
> NOMOVE stuff?

   VMS will make critical system files with NOMOVE automagically turned
   on.  If you don't turn it off, VMS will be OK.

   Non-OS files almost never need this, but if you do have one then you
   had better make sure you make it NOMOVE before you run a defragger.