I'm not sure. I wouldn't add volume and unit for an allocation for an existing dataset.
Gadi -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Itschak Mugzach Sent: יום ד 20 מרץ 2024 10:28 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: TSO ALLOC with/wo unit [You don't often get email from [email protected]. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] GAdi, Does this rule apply to existing datasets? The allocation request was for existing datasets not new. *| **Itschak Mugzach | Director | SecuriTeam Software **|** IronSphere Platform* *|* *Information Security Continuous Monitoring for Z/OS, zLinux and IBM I **| * *|* *Email**: [email protected] **|* *Mob**: +972 522 986404 **|* *Skype**: ItschakMugzach **|* *Web**: http://www.securiteam.co.il/ **|* On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 9:17 AM Gadi Ben-Avi <[email protected]> wrote: > As far as I know, If you do not specify a UNIT Type, it will look for > volumes that are STORAGE. > If there aren't any, the allocation will fail. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of ITschak Mugzach > Sent: יום ד 20 מרץ 2024 08:57 > To: [email protected] > Subject: TSO ALLOC with/wo unit > > [Some people who received this message don't often get email from > [email protected]. Learn why this is > important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] > > I have a program in Rexx that allocates a dataset using dsname and > volume serial (1) . it works well in my shop but requires a unit type > (2) in another shop. Actually the error is msg "IKJ56241I SPECIFIED > UNIT IS UNDEFINED". > Why does 1 work here and fails in another shop? > > 1. ALLOC F(XXX) DA('dsname') VOLUME(volser) > 2. ALLOC F(XXX) DA('dsname') VOLUME(volser) UNIT(390) > > ITschak > > ITschak Mugzach > *|** IronSphere Platform* *|* *Information Security Continuous > Monitoring for z/OS, x/Linux & IBM I **| z/VM coming soon * > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
