Re: Extending a VTOC

2022-08-02 Thread Jack Zukt
Thank you all for your input. Unfortunately I do not have FDR on this system. That would be a very good option (my problem is with files that have enqueues from active STCs, such as a few CICS address spaces. And the next programmed IPL is still a long way away... And this is a model 27 that on whi

Re: Extending a VTOC

2022-08-01 Thread willie bunter
If you have FDR they have a very safe way of extending the VTOC.  I have done it multiple times sometimes at 3 a.m. Willie On Monday, August 1, 2022 at 06:15:35 a.m. EDT, Jack Zukt wrote: Hi all, It has been way too many years since the last time I dabbled with ICKDSF and VTOC defini

Re: Extending a VTOC

2022-08-01 Thread Joe Monk
ukt > > 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

Re: Extending a VTOC

2022-08-01 Thread Michael Watkins
I hope I'm only stating the obvious, but back the volume up before you do anything. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Jack Zukt Sent: Monday, August 1, 2022 10:01 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Extending a VTOC Thank you all for

Re: Extending a VTOC

2022-08-01 Thread Jack Zukt
ag > 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 no

AW: Extending a VTOC

2022-08-01 Thread Immo
P.S. EXTVTOC(n) is a parameter of the ICKDSF command REFORMAT. Michael -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: IBM Mainframe Discussion List 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

AW: Extending a VTOC

2022-08-01 Thread Immo
: 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 t

Re: Extending a VTOC

2022-08-01 Thread Gadi Ben-Avi
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Jack Zukt Sent: Monday, August 1, 2022 1:15 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: 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

Extending a VTOC

2022-08-01 Thread Jack Zukt
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, a