On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:35:25 -0800, Guy Gardoit <[email protected]> wrote:

>Ok, I know I need to RTFM if I knew what manual to look in,  but with time
>being of the essence can someone point me to the right manual that discusses
>"extended addressibility"?   We want to merge the z/OS 1.12 various and
>sundry OMVS files into a single $VERSION ROOT zFS filesystem but it exceeds
>4GB.   Can a zFS, I.E. VSAM Linear data set, be greater than 4GB?  In what
>manual can I find an answer to that question?   Our Storage people just give
>me blank stares when I asked them about it.
>
>Thank you!
>
>--
>Guy Gardoit
>z/OS Systems Programming
>

Look at the DFSMS bookshelf.   In particular "Implementing System Managed
Storage".  Hint:  Have a look at the DATACLAS.

It's not your question, but what advantage do you see in merging all the
various distributed root files (I call them "sysres root files") into a
single file
system?   

Mark
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