Thank you all for your input. I am going to try it like that Regards, Jack On Mon, 1 Aug 2022 at 11:58, Immo <i...@mikno.de> wrote:
> P.S. > EXTVTOC(n) is a parameter of the ICKDSF command REFORMAT. > Michael > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Im Auftrag > von Jack Zukt > Gesendet: Montag, 1. August 2022 12:15 > An: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Betreff: Extending a VTOC > > Hi all, > It has been way too many years since the last time I dabbled with ICKDSF > and VTOC definitions (probably over twenty, but I would rather not do the > math). > Back on those days, if memory serves me right, the only way to extend a > VTOC was to clean the DASD of all its contents, put it offline, and > recreate the VTOC with the new size. As a few years have passed, I have > been going through the ICKDSF manual trying to find out if a VTOC can be > extended without having to clear the volume first. I can not say that I > have became enlightened. It seems to be possible but I am not quite sure > about it. And this being a production volume I really would hate if things > do not work as expected. > So, in a nut shell, can I extend a VTOC from 90 to 900 tracks without > having first to clean the DASD of all its files? > Thank you in advance for any help, > Best regards > Jack > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
