Re: VTOC Full

2009-05-12 Thread Joel C Ewing
I interpreted the "can live without" as just an affirmation that applications could continue to access the volume without failure while the index delete/rebuild was in progress, not as a recommendation for running that way long-term. We used to not put a VTOCIX on our spool volumes either, unt

Re: VTOC Full

2009-05-06 Thread John Kelly
But, the error message doesn't mention a VVDS. Ted, you're right. I meant the IXVTOC not the VVDS- mind is working but fingers don't do what they're told... Jack Kelly 202-502-2390 (Office) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff

Re: VTOC Full

2009-05-06 Thread Mark Jacobs
Ted MacNEIL wrote: >> Note that a nonSMS volume can live without a VTOC index. >> > > But, it performs better with one. > IBM Canada always recommended putting one on the pack, even before SMS was > announced. > > Because > > You also find free space. > - > Too busy driving to stop for ga

Re: VTOC Full

2009-05-06 Thread Ted MacNEIL
> >NO ROOM IN VTOC OR VTOC INDEX > >you can use ICKDSF's EXTVTOC to enlarge the vtoc but it sounds like you just >need to have a larger VVDS But, the error message doesn't mention a VVDS. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! --

Re: VTOC Full

2009-05-06 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>Note that a nonSMS volume can live without a VTOC index. But, it performs better with one. IBM Canada always recommended putting one on the pack, even before SMS was announced. Because You also find free space. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! --

Re: VTOC Full

2009-05-06 Thread Jim McAlpine
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 4:10 PM, O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C] < obrie...@mail.nih.gov> wrote: > Why don't you just delete unneeded DSNs and then retry the EXTVTOC or > better yet use NEWVTOC. > Extvtoc only works if the area next to the existing VTOC is free. Newvtoc > will re-locate the Vtoc. >

Re: VTOC Full

2009-05-06 Thread Paul Jodlowski
"O'Brien wrote: > Why don't you just delete unneeded DSNs and then retry the EXTVTOC or better > yet use NEWVTOC. > Extvtoc only works if the area next to the existing VTOC is free. Newvtoc > will re-locate the Vtoc. > Example follows: > REFORMAT UNIT(0E9F) NVTOC(ANY,90) VERIFY(HSM140) >

Re: VTOC Full

2009-05-06 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 5/6/2009 10:16:39 A.M. Central Daylight Time, paul-g...@cox.net writes: Do I have to: backup the volume. v volume offline. re-init volume (with bigger vtoc). v volume online restore back? The volume is NOT sms managed. Is there another way? >> Need to read ICKDSF manual!

Re: VTOC Full

2009-05-06 Thread O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C]
Why don't you just delete unneeded DSNs and then retry the EXTVTOC or better yet use NEWVTOC. Extvtoc only works if the area next to the existing VTOC is free. Newvtoc will re-locate the Vtoc. Example follows: REFORMAT UNIT(0E9F) NVTOC(ANY,90) VERIFY(HSM140) You might want to re-define your Ind

Re: VTOC Full

2009-05-06 Thread Paul Jodlowski
John Kelly wrote: > > NO ROOM IN VTOC OR VTOC INDEX > > > you can use ICKDSF's EXTVTOC to enlarge the vtoc but it sounds like you > just need to have a larger VVDS > > Jack Kelly > 202-502-2390 (Office) > > -- > For IB

Re: VTOC Full

2009-05-06 Thread John Kelly
NO ROOM IN VTOC OR VTOC INDEX you can use ICKDSF's EXTVTOC to enlarge the vtoc but it sounds like you just need to have a larger VVDS Jack Kelly 202-502-2390 (Office) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instr

Re: VTOC Full

2009-05-06 Thread McKown, John
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Jodlowski > Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 8:38 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: VTOC Full > > Getting the following error: > > IEF254I TESTE

Re: VTOC Full

2009-05-06 Thread Mark Jacobs
Paul Jodlowski wrote: > Getting the following error: > > IEF254I TESTEMPR STEP3 EM07L7 - NO SPACE IN VTOC OR VTOC INDEX > IGD17002I NO ROOM IN VTOC OR VTOC INDEX ON VOLUME USERB2 > FOR DATA SET TST.EM70L7.G1327V00 > > I went to 3.4 screen and display'd VTOC info and VTOC is 93% used! >

VTOC Full

2009-05-06 Thread Paul Jodlowski
Getting the following error: IEF254I TESTEMPR STEP3 EM07L7 - NO SPACE IN VTOC OR VTOC INDEX IGD17002I NO ROOM IN VTOC OR VTOC INDEX ON VOLUME USERB2 FOR DATA SET TST.EM70L7.G1327V00 I went to 3.4 screen and display'd VTOC info and VTOC is 93% used! Do I have to: backup the volume. v

Re: VTOC FULL

2007-05-21 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 05/15/2007 at 02:56 PM, Robert Pelletier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >Hi All. We are V2R10. Can I dynamically rebuild a VTOC on a 3390? You can dynamically expand an existing VTOC. Fixing a corrupted or destroyed VTOC is much hairier. >If so what utility would work?

Re: VTOC FULL

2007-05-18 Thread Jim McAlpine
expand into otherwise you have to move files. Thanks all. Have a Nice Day ! Bob Pelletier Connecticut Student Loan Foundation Rocky Hill, Ct. -Original Message- From: Heloisa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 12:30 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: VTOC FULL ICK

Re: VTOC FULL

2007-05-17 Thread Robert Pelletier
: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: VTOC FULL ICKDSF Release 17 can expand a VTOC. I've never tried though. This is what the manual says: //SYSIN DD * REFORMAT DDNAME(VOLDD) VERIFY(TMP121) EXTVTOC(200) EXTINDEX(16) The example above expands both VTOC and VTOC

Re: VTOC FULL

2007-05-17 Thread Heloisa
ICKDSF Release 17 can expand a VTOC. I've never tried though. This is what the manual says: //SYSIN DD * REFORMAT DDNAME(VOLDD) VERIFY(TMP121) EXTVTOC(200) EXTINDEX(16) The example above expands both VTOC and VTOC INDEX. -- For

Re: VTOC FULL

2007-05-15 Thread Robert A. Rosenberg
At 15:21 -0400 on 05/15/2007, Lizette Koehler wrote about Re: VTOC FULL: I am not aware of a vendor product that could do that on the fly. However, if they could it would rely on the tracks next to the vtoc being empty (ie. no data sets on them.) I have an impression that there is a utility

Re: VTOC FULL

2007-05-15 Thread Robert Pelletier
Thanks. H Do I run the allocate after expanding the VTOC? >> Yes! Usually the INDEXed VTOC is next to the OSVTOC and it was the one suffering the damage. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

Re: VTOC FULL

2007-05-15 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 5/15/2007 2:35:35 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Do I run the allocate after expanding the VTOC? >> Yes! Usually the INDEXed VTOC is next to the OSVTOC and it was the one suffering the damage. ** See what'

Re: VTOC FULL

2007-05-15 Thread Robert Pelletier
Do I run the allocate after expanding the VTOC? Have a Nice Day ! Bob Pelletier Connecticut Student Loan Foundation Rocky Hill, Ct. In a message dated 5/15/2007 2:20:58 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thanks all. Have to mount it PRIVATE and should be ok. Thanks again

Re: VTOC FULL

2007-05-15 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 5/15/2007 2:20:58 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thanks all. Have to mount it PRIVATE and should be ok. Thanks again. >> There were a few blurps at that level of DSF where it would do it the expand without calculating the space correctly overl

Re: VTOC FULL

2007-05-15 Thread Lizette Koehler
Bob, I think your answer is to offload all datasets to tape, clip/init the pack with a bigger VTOC and then reload everything back down. If it is SMS managed, then you would QUINEW the pack, allow it to drain and then do the clip/init and put it back in the storage group. Or make a new volume

Re: VTOC FULL

2007-05-15 Thread Robert Pelletier
: Re: VTOC FULL Robert Pelletier wrote: > Hi All. We are V2R10. Can I dynamically rebuild a VTOC on a 3390? If > so what utility would work? Thanks all. > > > Have a Nice Day ! > > Bob Pelletier > Connecticut Student Loan Fou

Re: VTOC FULL

2007-05-15 Thread Mark Jacobs
Robert Pelletier wrote: Hi All. We are V2R10. Can I dynamically rebuild a VTOC on a 3390? If so what utility would work? Thanks all. Have a Nice Day ! Bob Pelletier Connecticut Student Loan Foundation Rocky Hill, Ct. --

VTOC FULL

2007-05-15 Thread Robert Pelletier
Hi All. We are V2R10. Can I dynamically rebuild a VTOC on a 3390? If so what utility would work? Thanks all. Have a Nice Day ! Bob Pelletier Connecticut Student Loan Foundation Rocky Hill, Ct. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / sig