The Extend VTOC is nice, but has one problem ... you could end up with your VTOC in multiple extents.
I would back it up, empty the volume, and reinit. Joe On Mon, Aug 1, 2022 at 10:01 AM Jack Zukt <jzuk...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
