Thanks Skip.   I think you are misunderstanding my request.   I don't want to 
add space to the dataset, I want to change the secondary space allocation from 
nothing(or something small) to something realistic, so that when space is 
needed, it gets more than just 1 track(we have many app datasets where 
secondary space is set to 1 TRK).  John Kalinch hit the nail on the head with 
the CBT CDSCB program.

Unless I am missing something, I don't see that function in PDS.  If it does, 
please give me a sample command line command that will do it.

-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf 
Of Skip Robinson
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 1:53 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: modifying secondary space allocation

The fully supported program product StarTool can modify secondary space of any 
PDS, allocated or not. Its ancestor, the PDS Command--available on CBT--has 
performed this function for decades. I've never heard of a failure. 

Note that modifying secondary space does not touch the allocation at all, only 
the external data set attributes. The next time space is needed, the system 
will add a secondary extent as needed. Be careful though: some PDS uses may not 
allow expansion. In particular, link list data sets will not see a new extent 
automatically. JES2 proclibs may require a close/open sequence--not a JES2 
restart--to pick up an additional extent. 

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JO.Skip Robinson
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From:   "Jousma, David" <[email protected]>
To:     [email protected]
Date:   08/13/2012 05:04 AM
Subject:        modifying secondary space allocation
Sent by:        IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]>



All,

This may be a dumb question...just can't see a solution in front of my 
nose at the moment.

Say you have many PDS(not PDSE) datasets that for whatever reason were 
never allocated with secondary extents(not LLA datasets).    Is there a 
tool that can change the dataset secondary allocation from 0 to some other 
number easily?   Don't want to have to reallocate the datasets.

I don't see that the PDS can do it, nor does it look like IDCAMS can do 
it...


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