BY the way, you can get an 878 abend from the lack of LSQA if you open a lot of datasets or your main program does a GETMAIN for the entire region. If that happens to be the case you need to have a region that is SMALLER than your actual available region so that you reserve room for your control blocks below the line.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 7:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: DD DUMMY allocate any BUFFERS? I am not sure about the S878. However depending on the level of z/OS you are running, there is a parm called CHECKREGIONLOSS which can help alleviate some S878 abends. You may wish to check it out. You might also rule out the QSAM issue but coding Buffers on the DUMMY statement and see if that helps. And from the JCL Reference Guide value=0M or 0K A value equal to 0K or 0M -- gives the step all the storage available below the 2 GB bar. This includes below and above 16 megabytes. The resulting size of the region below and above 16 megabytes depends on system options and what system software is installed. When REGION=0K/0M is specified, the MEMLIMIT value is set to NOLIMIT. Note: This may cause storage problems. Lizette > > I cannot find this information on IBM > > Does DD DUMMY cause any QSAM BUFFERS to be allocated for QSAM files? ie. > The default value of 5? > > I'm trying to find out why we getting a S878 on a job with REGION=0M > on the jobcard. > > There is several other possible reasons but I want to eliminate or > include this one also. > > > David Stewart ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 This e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information. If you think you have received this e-mail in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this e-mail immediately. Thank you. Aetna ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
