On Mon, 4 Mar 2019 11:19:19 +0000, Sean Gleann <sean.gle...@gmail.com> wrote:

>Does z/OS / SMS have a set of default space allocation sizes and if so,
>where are they held and can I alter or control them?
>I have a situation where insufficient contiguous disk space results in
>the SPACE request parameters supplied for a DISP=(NEW...) file with values
>that are too low to fulfil the final requirements.
>Example: I request SPACE=(TRK,(9000,1000)… and what I get
>is ...TRK,(7200,500), which eventually leads to a B37 abend.
>It's that 'eventually' bit that is most disheartening. I would far rather
>have the space request completely refused along with a job abend rather
>than have the system 'try to help' me.
>
>Regards
>Sean
>
Have a look in the ALLOCxx member of PARMLIB .....

Roger

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