Yes. LOTS of small report datasets. We had problems with them too. Ended up creating Mod 9 VTOCs on Mod 3s. The sizes in IBMś ICKDSF manual are for a volume filled will 1 track datasets.
On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 4:47 PM Gibney, Dave <gib...@wsu.edu> wrote: > > The pointer to DCOLLECT and reporting on Free VIRs (MXG variable DCVFRVIRS) > has helped me find potential problem volumes. > And rebuilding the VTOCIX (ICFDSF REFORMAT REFVTOC EXTINDEX(current size)) > has seemed to have repaired the few volumes that were giving me trouble. I > also found several volumes where the VTOCIX was still (or back) in OSVTOC > format. I am resetting (BUILDIX IXVTOC) them. > > What I still don't know is why, out of 24 volumes (with identical, AFAICT, > SMS attributes on the storage group) most have 300-400 datasets and 3 have > 2000-4000+ datasets. Even repaired, the volume that first got my attention, > with 4366 datasets has only 36 free VIR as opposed to the ~250 that most of > the others have. > > I am beginning to suspect that the Control-D product has some "feature" where > it "prefers" specific volumes despite SMS, as most of the 2000 to 4000 > datasets are archived reports. But, there are some archived report datasets > on the other volumes. > > I am thinking I'll QUINEW the 3 outlier volumes and see what happens. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Willie Bunter <williebun...@yahoo.com> > > Sent: Monday, July 15, 2019 6:44 AM > > To: Gibney, Dave <gib...@wsu.edu> > > Subject: Re: Determine level of fragmentation in VTOCIX? > > > > Hi Dave, > > > > Just curious. Were you able to fix the problem? Was your question > > answered? > > > > Thanks. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
