[Info-vax] Initializing a new disk, need some pointers for options

[Toine]

Op woensdag 30 oktober 2019 23:53:38 UTC+1 schreef cgill... at gmail.com:
> So I've been supporting a VMS machine for almost 20 years now.  As all things VMS, it just sits in the corner and runs.  Today, the application disk started throwing DIRALLOC errors.  I ran into this like 10+ years ago, I understand why it happens.
> 
> The VAX now runs in a VM, so I just need to create another disk container initialize it and go.  But, there are some options I'm curious about.  The documentation is accurate, it just doesn't fill in a lot of why and the nuances.
> 
> The existing application shoves all of it's files in the root folder.  The application has accumulated 150K files.
> 
> /Headers
>   According to the doc, I should pick something along the lines of the # of files
>   on the disk.  So, 150K?
> 
> /Index = location
>   Does it really matter?
> 
> /Maximum_Files= nnn
>   This is pretty obvious.
> 
> Guidance?
> 
> Thanks

I use this to init a new disk:

$ init/headers=100000/nohigh/limit/struct=5/cluster=16  DSA200: DATADISK1

//Toine