Estimating the required capacity of pool-VOLs with System Area in the pool of the data direct mapping attribute

If you want to expand a pool of the data direct mapping attribute, you must free up space in the pool. Make sure that the estimated capacity of free space is available before expanding the pool.

Use the following mathematical formulas to estimate the capacity of free space required in the pool:

Formula 1

Required-free-space-for-a-pool-to-be-added-of-one-external-volume-of-the-data-direct-mapping-attribute [in MB] = (ceil (pool-VOL-capacity [in MB] / 3,145,548) × 4 pages × 42 MB) + ( ceil (pool-VOL-capacity [MB] / 42 MB) - floor (pool-VOL-capacity [in MB] / 42 MB) ) × 42 MB.

Formula 2

Required-capacity-of-pool-VOL-with-system-area-in-one-pool-of-a-data-direct-mapping-attribute [in MB] = Total-of-calculated-values-by-the-Formula-1-for-each-volume + Management area (4200) [in MB] + 42 [in MB].

The (ceil) indicates the number enclosed by brackets must be rounded up to the whole number.

The (floor) indicates the number enclosed by brackets must be rounded down to the whole number.

olh-note.gif One DP-VOL of the data direct mapping attribute uses the following capacities:

The pool-VOL with system area contains the one page capacity and the control information.