"Michael Knigge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > All, > > currently I'm playing around a little bit with the SVC99 DYNALLOC. When > I try to allocate a rather large Dataset, I (sometimes) need to specify > DALVLCNT (Dataset volume count). > > Now... I wonder it it would be safe (or "ok") to specify 255 in all > cases, even when allocating a small dataset. The documentation says > "DALVLCNT specifies the maximum number of volumes an output data set may > require."... **MAY**... > > So... If I don't care if the dataset is a multi-volume or not (I just > want to be sure the dataset can be allocated somehow if space is > somewhere available), is it safe/ok to specify 255 and let z/OS decide
> to allocate multi-volume or not? > > If you use this on a wide scale, you might blow up your catalogs. Each dataset reserves 255 (candidate) volumes entries in the catalog record and these take space. Do a LISTC of such a dataset. Kees. ********************************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
