On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:34:36 +0000, Ted MacNEIL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>"STOPX37" functionality) that made DEFRAG >pretty much obsolete. If extent consolidation is really what you want, FDR COMPAKTOR... > >Unfortunately, these things cost money. > Yes, but DFSMS is part of the OS and doesn't cost extra. That is why I said "STOPX37" functionality. Many of those ISV features of products like that have been built into DFSMS over the years (reduce primary space allocation, >16 extents, overflow pools, etc. etc.). Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group: G-ITO mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] z/OS and OS390 expert at http://searchDataCenter.com/ateExperts/ Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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