Mike, I agree with you, just a little correction. The limit of extents is 16 per volume if the dataset is non-extended. For extended sequential datasets would be 123 per volume.
Regards, Gonzalo Cengotita On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Mike Schwab <[email protected]> wrote: > Sequential datasets have a limit of 16 extents. Once a volume is up > to 16 extents and needs more space, it goes to another volume or > abends with a Sx37 abend. Alternatively, there may not be room on the > volume for another extent, I.E. 400 cylinders on a mod 1, the 3rd > extent could not fit. > > On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 5:57 AM, ibmnew <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear > > > >>It means that if the dataset is multivolume, when it expands to another > >>volume you can decide wether you want to use the amount of the primary > >>allocation or the amount of the secondary allocation to expand. > >>Suppose you have a dataset created with SPACE=10,5 cylinders > > > > What situation do dataset expands to another volume ? > > > > If the dataset is full, it will extent 5 cylinders. > > > > When it extent 5 cylinders,the volume is full. In this situation,does > dataset expand to another volume? > > > > -- > Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA > Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- Gonzalo Cengotita Quirce ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
