On Wed, 6 Jul 2005 11:16:52 -0400, David Andrews wrote: > >One way to free up space on your RVA without IXFP is to fill up your >volumes with large datasets containing binary zeros, then delete those >datasets. The backend will still remember those tracks as they do >without IXFP today, but they'll be compressed into near-nothingness. >
Or (mis)use the erase-on-scratch function: create a RACF profile with the ERASE attribute and allocate and delete datasets using this profile. The system overwrites the extent(s) with binary zeros during deletion. Norbert Friemel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
