Thanks, I am not sure how I would check that out, but I will see what I can do.
Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of > Anthony Thompson > Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2018 8:36 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Any challenges with setting CSCBLOC to ABOVE > > The challenges are if you have any locally-written programs or 3rd-part > vendor-supplied software that assume the CSCB (Command Step Control Block, > generally used to implement started task operator commands) is in 24-bit > storage. > > Either contact the vendor or test in a non-productive environment, such as a > testplex. > > Ant. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Lizette Koehler > Sent: Wednesday, 2 May 2018 12:42 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Any challenges with setting CSCBLOC to ABOVE > > Just a curiosity. Some shops are still coding CSCBLOC=BELOW but the default > at > 2.1 is ABOVE > > Description under MAXUSER States: > > However, too large a buffer can cause the system to allocate more system > resources than are needed during a given IPL. The excessive allocation of > system resources because of incorporating too large a buffer can lead to > potential problems such as the following examples: > > The specification of MAXUSER in conjunction with CSCBLOC=BELOW and > RSVSTRT can cause the system to allocate excessive storage below 16 M. See > CSCBLOC for additional details. > An aggressively large MAXUSER, RSVSTRT, and RSVNONR can cause the system > to allocate an excessive amount of storage, which can potentially lead to a > wait state 204 reason 008. (Wait state 204 with reason 008: An error occurred > during allocation initialization; the system could not obtain storage for > device > information.) The system enters a non-restartable wait state 204 at IPL time. > > > > > Lizette Koehler > statistics: A precise and logical method for stating a half-truth > inaccurately > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
