Still on z/OS 1.10. 1.12 is in the works, but due to a problem caused by lack of a maintenance contract, we need to be off of a vendor product before we can convert.
Somewhat on topic to this is an "interesting" discovery I made. If you do a logical dump of a multivolume VSAM KSDS using ADRDSSU, and then do a RESTORE from this with an OUTDYNAM((onevol)), ADRDSSU puts out an ADR390I message about UNMATCHED SIZE and attempt to reallocate the dataset with a new SPACE parameter equal to the sum of the size of all the extents. In our case, this was 7400 cylinders. Which cannot fit on a single 3390-3 volume. So we get some SMS messages about space contraint release being invoked. The LISTCAT on the KSDS now shows a primary space of 7400 cylinders instead of the original value. But all seems well. AT THIS TIME. However, if you then do another logical dump of this KSDS, the restore of that second dump __fails__ with an allocation error about not having any volume with sufficient free space (well, duh! No 3390-3 will ever have 7400 cylinders of free space). In this second case, space constraint release is not invoked. Most weird. If you prealloca! te the output file with the original SPACE parameters and remove the OUTDYNAM, then the RESTORE works correctly and, even better, does not change the space allocation parameters. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * 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 > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of John Eells > Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 12:24 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: ADRDSSU logical dump of VSAM & restore > > If you're on z/OS R12, you might consider using CA Reclaim > rather than > re-orging KSDSs. > > McKown, John wrote: > > I've been asked a question that I can't find the answer to. > We are dumping VSAM KSDSes using ADRDSSU in logical dump > mode. We then do a RESTORE. Does this "reorganized" the file, > removing CA and CI splits and "compressing" the data back in > physical/logical order? Or is it more like a physical restore > of CAs or tracks? > > > > > > John McKown > <snip> > -- > John Eells > z/OS Technical Marketing > IBM Poughkeepsie > ee...@us.ibm.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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