Mark, Thanks for the confirmation. We are moving to new CPCs and want to temporarily define all connections between all old and new CPCs. I was afraid to hit some undocumented 16,32 or 64 limit. I think it would be useful to document this absence of practical limitations.
Kees. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Mark A. Brooks > Sent: 01 February, 2017 21:37 > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: COUPLExx syntax question. > > There is no a priori limit on the number of PATHOUT or PATHIN statements > that can be specified in the COUPLExx parmlib, nor is there an a priori > limit on the number of signal paths (devices or structures) that can be > defined therein. You would of course eventually hit some sort of > practical limit in that these definitions spawn the creation of control > blocks, which consume physical resources (such as fixed common storage > within z/OS and CF structures within the coupling facility when > applicable). The CFRM policy would also indirectly impose practical > limits on the total number of XCF signal structures that can be defined, > but these would not be discovered until XCF initialization tries to > instantiate the signal structures defined by COUPLExx. > > I suppose one could conceive of the possibility that the system doesn't > have enough storage to construct a representation of the parsed > definitions, but that seems improbable. > > Mark A Brooks > Sysplex Development > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ******************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ******************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
