Sooner or later someone is going to realize that problems like this are not amenable to ouija board analysis. If they want a solution, they will have to figure out a way for someone to lay hands on the system.
-----Original Message----- From: (IBM Mainframe Discussion List) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 2:03 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Track capacity? In a message dated 6/16/2006 3:55:03 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >After the B37, the data set should be available for review. Look at the >DSCB and see what really is going on (block size, lrecl, recfm, >extents, etc). He said he does not have direct access to the computer, and the customer's personnel are incredibly busy, meaning they are too busy to run jobs for him, I assume. He could run a IMASPZAP of the first track and see how many blocks are on the track, if he could run a job, which he can't. Or he could study the B37 dump (if there was a dump) and maybe find in the I/O control blocks enough clues to infer the number of blocks per track, but in order to peruse a dump he would need direct access to the computer, which he doesn't have. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
