Just the convenience when cloning the $VERSION staging ROOT to an alternate RESVOL.
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Mark Zelden <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- > Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS > mailto:[email protected] > Mark's MVS Utilities: > http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html<http://home.flash.net/%7Emzelden/mvsutil.html> > Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > -- Guy Gardoit z/OS Systems Programming ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
