> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 11:52 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: file definition >
<snip> > There's one fly in this ointment. Our DASD are all (mostly?) > 3390. But when I request a particular number of cylinders, > some busybody component (sometimes?) adjusts the requested number > downward by the ratio of 3380 cylinder size to 3390 cylinder size. > But reporting functions report the actual number of 3390 cylinders. > > So, if I use ISPF Data Set utility to get info for a data set, > then Allocate another with the values on the screen, it's > smaller. Every time. > > The functions to create a data set and to report its characteristics > should obey the same conventions. > > I'm progressively converting all my SPACE requests to bytes. > > Beware. > > -- gil Your DFSMS is messed up. There is a parameter in the Base Configuration where the number of bytes per track is set. For a 3390, it should be set to 56664. Sounds like yours is set to a 3380 value of 47476. Time to wack the sysprog/storage admin. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
