Mark, it should be, but I have heard of shops that may not allow this to be in 
place.  So I erred on the side of caution.  ;-D

Lizette


-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark Zelden <[email protected]>
>Sent: May 4, 2012 1:55 PM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: Old timer question
>
>On Fri, 4 May 2012 13:48:16 -0700, Lizette Koehler <[email protected]> 
>wrote:
>
>>If it is setup in your shop, set blksize to 0 and let the system determine 
>>block size figure it out.
>>
>>Lizette
>>
>
>Is there a way to not have it set up?   I do remember an MVS system long ago
>in a galaxy far far away where there was a JES2 exit that changed the 
>internal text from your JCL to have half track blocking for DASD.   But 
>BLKSIZE=0 has worked since...  well, for so long I don't even remember.
>MVS/XA?  Or was it DFSMS V1 with MVS/ESA or MVS/XA 2.2.3?
>
>Mark
>--

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