Paul Gilmartin wrote: >Is the limit HLQ or TSO prefix? On a quick glance, I don't see any catalogued >data sets with an 8-character HLQ. Do catalog services enforce a limit of 7?
No. Limit of 7 chars are for TSO ids only. Of course that limit are propagated to datasets starting with TSO ids. I could create/catalog/edit this example (all 3 qualifiers are 8 chars long): (on my sandbox, after I created temp RACF profile ZOS12ZOS.*, and no this is NOT my TSO id!) Data Set Name . . . . : ZOS12ZOS.ELARDUSE.ZOS12ZOS General Data Current Allocation Management class . . : MC.... Allocated cylinders : 1 Storage class . . . : SC... Allocated extents . : 1 Volume serial . . . : ...... + Device type . . . . : 3390 Data class . . . . . : DC.... Organization . . . : PS Current Utilization Record format . . . : FB Used cylinders . . : 1 Record length . . . : 80 Used extents . . . : 1 Block size . . . . : 27920 1st extent cylinders: 1 Secondary cylinders : 1 Dates Data set name type : Creation date . . . : 2013/11/30 SMS Compressible. . : NO Referenced date . . : 2013/11/30 Expiration date . . : ***None*** Some 3th party tools are using 8 char HLQ. Now, off to delete all these on my sandbox. ;-D Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN