On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:08:39 -0600, Mark Zelden wrote: >On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:07:17 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >>> >>>3. In the case of a PDSE growing excessively large, you may want to shrink >>>it manually now and then. >>> >>Will MIGRATE/RECALL accomplish this for a PDSE? (I believe it will for PDS, >>and for PS, but only if secondary extents are defined.) >> >>Is there a better way? > >You can just use FREE on ISPF 3.4 to release unused extents. > MIGRATE/RECALL, IIRC does:
o compress o release unused extents o consolidate remaining extents o Trims the now single extent snugly to DS1LSTAR. (Not necessarily as distinct operations.) The last isn't necessarily a Good Thing; as soon as you touch it, you get a secondary extent. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
