>Releasing space at close can be handled in the management class by >specifying Partial release with Yes Immediate (YI) or Conditional Immediate >(CI) if you want to ensure that data sets have secondary allocation before >the space is released. This does not require the space management function >of HSM to be active whereas Y or C would typically release space during >primary space management. >If you are licensed for DFSMSdss, you can also release space and perform >extent reduction. Since you are using extended format datasets, DSS will >release space against VSAM as well as sequential. Extent reduction can be >performed using the CONSOLIDATE function. CONSOLIDATE used to be >specified as a keyword of DEFRAG but is now its own command as of z/OS >1.10.
This is very very helpful for me. Thanks all of you! Best Regards, Jason Cai ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
