We put unused volsers into SMS Storage groups then init actual volumes when more space is needed.
On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 12:20 PM, Ed Gould <edgould1...@comcast.net> wrote: > I don't think so. > Or if you are right then there are some big issues in the next few years > that IBM's own products won't be able to support. As an example IBM semi > announced that "soon" there will be dynamic storage(DASD) expansion and it > will be done with volser (ex ABC001,ABC002 etc etc) ie adding volsers > without having to update the ACS routines and DFDSS statements/ or DD JCL > and this will apparently include DFHSM and any other product that needs > Backup/restore "generic" volsers. > DMS had this ability *LONG TIME AGO*. I don't see any issue about integrity > with items like that (in fact our DASD boss when the MSS came in worked with > the DMS people to support the concept of MVSGRP in DMS, IBM never did it. > > Ed > > On Oct 30, 2014, at 12:48 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: > >> Ed Gould wrote: >> >>> There are still quite a few items that DFDSS hasn't caught up with but >>> thats a different horse to flog. Although I was reading an article about >>> z/OS and there are a few things percolating up the like dynamic DASD and the >>> like that will make us wonder why it took so long. >> >> >> Possible reasons: Backward compatibility issues? No business case to catch >> up? Integrity issues? >> >> 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 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
