How about allocating 'filler' data sets to fill up the empty space below
the EAS on the EAV? We did this once to force allocation in the EAS, but we
were not allocating ZFS files up there.

Mike Shaw
MVS/QuickRef Support Group
Chicago-Soft, Ltd.


On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 12:43 PM Jousma, David <
000001a0403c5dc1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:

> So, for various reasons, mostly for ease of management, we have maintained
> a single volume sysres.  Today they are non-sms mod-54’s.  But alas, based
> on our product mix, I am close to exceeding the capacity of a -54.    I am
> looking to move to EAV volumes, which z/OS supports, and my storage team
> wants to give me their standard thin provisioned 1TB volumes to use.   I
> want to “force” all my ZFS datasets into Cylinder managed space.    I know
> I can do that by reallocating them with EATTR(OPT), but that’s not
> convenient.   I don’t see a way that DFDSS can do that on COPY or
> DUMP/RESTORE.   I don’t believe IDCAMS ALTER will do it either?
>
> Looking for some nifty way to make this happen.   Thanks in advance for
> any feedback!
>
> Dave Jousma
> Vice President | Director, Technology Engineering
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