Mark, For most datasets the Dynamic Volume count solves your problem by allowing the dataset to dynamically extend to additional volumes.
Of course your users could always do something obvious like allocate larger Primary and Secondary space so they don't need 16 extents... Ron > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of > Mark Pace > Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 10:40 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Defrag > > Well it's not a performance issue I'm trying to resolve. It's simply having > the volumes so fragmented that users sometimes have a hard time finding the > amount of space they need in 16 extents. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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