Correct on the math... my allocation I believe was around 4500, I was just lax coming up with the true number to make my point. The government could you use you now more than ever to get their numbers straightened out!
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Schwarz, Barry A Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 2:28 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Allocations greater than 65535 tracks I'm confused. Isn't 4,000 cylinders only 60,000 tracks which is less than 65,535 tracks. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On > Behalf Of Adams, Tracy > Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 9:11 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Allocations greater than 65535 tracks > > I have a dd statement that bombs when I try to allocate a 4000 cyl temp > dataset saying it can't statisfy the allocation because I have exceeded > the 65535 track limit. The perticular utility appears to be an internal > sort and wont allocate any second extents. Any ideas? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
