Beginning in z/OS V2R1, you can have non-SMS managed VSAM Linear Data Sets that are larger than 4GB, with the Extended Addressability attribute.
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.e0zm100/newdasd.htm Regards, Leo -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of william janulin Sent: Monday, July 20, 2015 2:57 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: VSAM question To list; Is there a way around the 4 gig limitation when defining a LINEAR cluster on volumes not managed my SMS? I have to download Websphere v8.5 and am attempting to define a ZFS dataset large enough to hold the product plus its myriad of ptfs. Thank you in advance, Bill J. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
