What level of z/OS? I vaguely remember when ISPF hadn't caught up with newer PS formats.
Migrate/recall it and it might get better. Dave Gibney Information Technology Services Washington State University > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Bill Fairchild > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 11:31 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: DSN MYSTERY - CURRENT UTILIZATION GREATER THAN CURRENT > ALLOCATION. > > Being able to reproduce the incorrect display long after any DSCBs were > being updated indicates that this is not due to a timing problem when > reading the DSCBs. I suggest you get IBM involved, either through an ETR or > an APAR. > > Bill Fairchild > Programmer > Rocket Software > 408 Chamberlain Park Lane . Franklin, TN 37069-2526 . USA > t: +1.617.614.4503 . e: [email protected] . w: > www.rocketsoftware.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of esmie moo > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 1:27 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: DSN MYSTERY - CURRENT UTILIZATION GREATER THAN CURRENT > ALLOCATION. > > Here is the display after I hit ENTER > > Data Set Information > Command ===> > > Data Set Name . . . . > : ZWA6PWG.ICO9999D.DMSC.D2012087.T130018 > > General Data Current Allocation > Management class . . : **None** Allocated tracks . : 3,222 > Storage class . . . : **None** Allocated extents . : 12 > Volume serial . . . : A24U90 > Device type . . . . : 3390 > Data class . . . . . : **None** > Organization . . . : PS Current Utilization > Record format . . . : U Used tracks . . . . : > 12,596 > Record length . . . : 0 Used extents . . > . : 3 > Block size . . . . : 27998 > 1st extent tracks . : 1074 > Secondary tracks . : 1074 Dates > Data set name type : Creation date . . . > : 2012/03/27 > SMS Compressible. . : NO Referenced date . . : > 2012/04/26 > > Expiration date . . : ***Perm*** > > > > ________________________________ > From: esmie moo <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 2:20:50 PM > Subject: Re: DSN MYSTERY - CURRENT UTILIZATION GREATER THAN CURRENT > ALLOCATION. > > Once the dsn is displayed by ISPF, I then typed I as shown below: > > Command - Enter "/" to select > action Message > Volume > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > I ZWA6PWG.ICO9999D.DMSC.D2012087.T130018 > A2 > 4U90 > ***************************** End of Data Set list > ************* ************** > > > > ________________________________ > From: Bill Fairchild <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 2:13:52 PM > Subject: Re: DSN MYSTERY - CURRENT UTILIZATION GREATER THAN CURRENT > ALLOCATION. > > Please describe more precisely what you did when you said you "typed I > beside the dsn". > I tried to type the number 1 and the letter I beside a dsn on an ISPF 3.4 > screen and I did not get any display like yours. > > Bill Fairchild > Programmer > Rocket Software > 408 Chamberlain Park Lane . Franklin, TN 37069-2526 . USA > t: +1.617.614.4503 . e: [email protected] . w: > www.rocketsoftware.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of esmie moo > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 1:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: DSN MYSTERY - CURRENT UTILIZATION GREATER THAN CURRENT > ALLOCATION. > > Bill, > > In my first e-mail, I displayed the dsn the following way: > > ISPF 3.4 > ZWA6PWG.ICO9999D.DMSC.D2012087.T130018 > Next, I typed I besided the dsn > Then it displayed me the dsn stats. > > > ________________________________ > From: Bill Fairchild <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 1:48:44 PM > Subject: Re: DSN MYSTERY - CURRENT UTILIZATION GREATER THAN CURRENT > ALLOCATION. > > The display you show below only displays the first 3 extents, which have a > total of 3*1074=3222 tracks, which is what your previous email said was the > total of all tracks allocated. This display also shows a non-zero pointer to > a F3 > DSCB in which will be described up to 13 more extents of which your data set > will have non-zero values in the first 9, for a grand total of 12*1074=12888 > tracks. The last block pointer in the display below agrees with the number of > tracks utilized in your previous email. It appears that for some reason the > program that you used to display the data set attributes in your previous > email ignored the F3 DSCB. Or perhaps you asked the system to tell you the > data set attributes in your previous email at just the wrong millisecond when > the system was also in the midst of updating the F1 DSCB. Possibly your > display request read the F1, began formatting the display, then read the F1 > again after formatting the number of tracks allocated but in betwee! > n! > your two reads of the F1 the system rewrote the F1 and changed the last > block pointer field, then when your display request read the F1 again it > displayed the non-zero last block pointer. Some code is perhaps not properly > serializing on the VTOC accesses. Either way, you should get IBM involved in > resolving this issue, assuming that IBM wrote the program that you used for > your previous display. > > Bill Fairchild > Programmer > Rocket Software > 408 Chamberlain Park Lane . Franklin, TN 37069-2526 . USA > t: +1.617.614.4503 . e: [email protected] . w: > www.rocketsoftware.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of esmie moo > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 12:27 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: DSN MYSTERY - CURRENT UTILIZATION GREATER THAN CURRENT > ALLOCATION. > > Hi Tom, > > I ran the IEHLIST with FORMAT option and this is what it tells me: > > SMS.NPE LRECL KEYLEN INITIAL ALLOC 2ND ALLOC EXTEND LAST BLK(T- > R-L) DIR.REM F2 OR F3(C-H-R) DSCB(C-H- > > R) > 0 TRKS 1074 12595 > 2 > 2176 0 1 20 0 1 18 > EATTR > NS > 0 EXTENTS NO LOW(C-H) HIGH(C-H) NO LOW(C-H) HIGH(C-H) > NO > LOW(C-H) HIGH(C-H) > 0 1137 9 1209 2 > 1 1209 3 1280 11 2 1 > 280 12 1352 5 > 0 0 0 0 > 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 > 0 0 0 0 > 0 0 0 0 > 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 > 0 0 0 0 > 0 0 0 0 > 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 > 0 0 0 0 > ----ON THE ABOVE DATA SET,THERE ARE > 9374 EMPTY > TRACK(S) > 0 > > I am not sure if this confirms the information of ISFP . Could you take a > look > please? > > > ________________________________ > From: Tom Marchant <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 12:51:11 PM > Subject: Re: DSN MYSTERY - CURRENT UTILIZATION GREATER THAN CURRENT > ALLOCATION. > > On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:24:10 -0700, esmie moo wrote: > > >Good Morning Gentle Readers, > > >The dsn has the following allcation but I am not sure how to correct > >the problem. I have never seen before where the current utilization > >is larger than the allocation. > > I've never seen that either. Before attempting any correction, I would use > IEHLIST to obtain a LISTVTOC FORMAT and a LISTVTOC DUMP for the data > set. I wonder if ISPF is reporting the information correctly. If the > LISTVTOC > confirms the information that ISPF shows, I'd recommend calling the IBM > support center. > > -- > Tom Marchant > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
