-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Zelden Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 8:01 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Allocate a dataset in an specific track into the DASD (z/OS)
On Thu, 27 May 2010 12:04:40 +0000, Ted MacNEIL <eamacn...@yahoo.ca> wrote: >>Is there some way to allocate a dataset specifying the exact position into >the Disk? > >I have a question! >Why do you need to do this? > I had a need to do it last week (maybe for the first time in many years). I need to move / expand the VTOC on a mod 27 and moved a data set that was adjacent. I wanted to allocate a "place holder" so nothing else would get allocated there (because I wanted to do it at a later date/time) and even though I specified the exact size of the free space I wanted to occupy, and it was at the front of the volume, for some reason DADSM wasn't allocating it there until I used ABSTR. <SNIPPAGE> So how do I do with Windows or *nix? Remember, coming to a blade near you.... Regards, Steve Thompson ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
