Hi all,

Can anyone give me another hint on this?? I am confused with what makes an 
output of ADRDSSU DUMP can't be Extended Format?  

On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:51:26 -0500, Paul Ip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Thanks for the reply!
>
>In fact, my target is to overome the 65536 tracks limit on a volume for SMS
>Datasets, so there are two approaches for me:
>1. Extended Format
>2. DSNTYPE=LARGE
>
>At the beginning, I tried to apply Extended Format for all SMS datasets, if the
>dataset is an output of COBOL program, assigning Extended Format is ok
>(DSORG=PS-E). However, it is failed when I tried to apply the Extended
>Format for output of ADRDSSU DUMP... Form the RC IEC143I 213-B8, it
>said "...a DCB that specified EXCP..."
>
>I should rephrase my question as: why the output of ADRDSSU DUMP can't be
>assigned with Extented Format? What is actually "a DCB that specified EXCP"
>means from IEC143I 213-B8 (I was wondering if it is talking about the dataset
>is under a dataset type of 'EXCP'...)?
>
>...In addition, I don't know there is a dataset type called 'EXCP' until I 
>found
>the following from DFDSSdss Storage Admin. Guide:
>"DFSMSdss can copy, dump, and restore data sets of the following types:
>DATABASE 2(TM) (DB2?;)
>Direct access
>EXCP (execute channel program) <---- Dataset Type = EXCP???
>Partitioned, including:
>PDS (partitioned data set)
>PDSE (partitioned data set extended)
>HFS (hierarchical file system) data set
>Sequential, including extended-format data sets and Large Format data sets
>VSAM data sets that are cataloged in an ICF catalog, including:
>ESDS (entry-sequenced data set)
>KSDS (key-sequenced data set)
>KSDS with key ranges
>LDS (linear data set)
>RRDS (relative record data set)
>VRRDS (variable relative record data set)
>Extended-format ESDS, KSDS, LDS, RRDS, and VRRDS, including striped ESDS,
>KSDS, LDS, RRDS, and VRRDS
>Extended-addressable VSAM ESDS, KSDS, LDS, RRDS, and VRRDS, including
>striped ESDS, KSDS, LDS, RRDS, and VRRDS
>zFS (zSeries? file system) data set
>Unmovable data set types (PSU, POU, DAU, ABSTR, ISU, and direct with
>OPTCD=A)."
>
>Paul
>
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