>is it safe/ok to specify 255 and let z/OS decide to allocate multi-volume or not?
z/OS supports a maximum of 59 volumes. And, it is safe. Nothing significant is used until the volumes are allocated. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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