Charles,

Yes you have implicitly requested one volume.

Assuming the DATACLAS has 1 or blank for the unit count field you have
effectively coded a unit count of 1 in this JCL.

You would have to code UNIT=(SYSDA,p) where "p" is >1, or multiple volsers
to increase the unit count.

Ron

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> On Behalf Of Charles Mills
> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 3:32 PM
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> Subject: [IBM-MAIN] Unit-count default with UNIT=group-name?
> 
> I'm looking at the Enterprise COBOL V5.1 U/G which says that SYSUT5, 6, 7
> and 15 must all be single-volume allocations.
> 
> If I code SPACE=(CYL,(2,2,0)),UNIT=SYSDA is that implicitly a request for
only
> one volume, or might z/OS give me one cylinder each on two volumes or a
> secondary allocation on a second device (assuming, of course, that SYSDA
> were multiple volumes, as it usually would be)? The example in the U/G
> shows only UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(CYL,(1,1)). The JCL Reference says that
> UNIT=device-address is a request for only a single volume but appears to
be
> silent on UNIT=group-name.
> 
> It's machine-generated JCL so it is not so simple as "why don't you just
code a
> unit count of 1 and quit worrying about it?" A unit count will require a
> program change.
> 
> Thanks,
> Charles
> 
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