SAS used to be really good at that trick :( > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Veilleux, Jon L > Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 4:19 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] DD DUMMY allocate any BUFFERS? > > BY the way, you can get an 878 abend from the lack of LSQA if you open a lot > of datasets or your main program does a GETMAIN for the entire region. If that > happens to be the case you need to have a region that is SMALLER than your > actual available region so that you reserve room for your control blocks below > the line. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Lizette Koehler > Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 7:03 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: DD DUMMY allocate any BUFFERS? > > I am not sure about the S878. However depending on the level of z/OS you are > running, there is a parm called CHECKREGIONLOSS which can help alleviate some > S878 abends. You may wish to check it out. > You might also rule out the QSAM issue but coding Buffers on the DUMMY > statement and see if that helps. > > And from the JCL Reference Guide > > value=0M or 0K A value equal to 0K or 0M -- gives the step all the storage > available below the 2 GB bar. This includes below and above 16 megabytes. > The resulting size of the region below and above 16 megabytes depends on > system options and what system software is installed. When REGION=0K/0M is > specified, the MEMLIMIT value is set to NOLIMIT. Note: This may cause > storage problems. > > > Lizette > > > > > > I cannot find this information on IBM > > > > Does DD DUMMY cause any QSAM BUFFERS to be allocated for QSAM files? ie. > > The default value of 5? > > > > I'm trying to find out why we getting a S878 on a job with REGION=0M > > on > the jobcard. > > > > There is several other possible reasons but I want to eliminate or > > include > this one also. > > > > > > David Stewart > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > This e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information. If > you think you have received this e-mail in error, please advise the > sender by reply e-mail and then delete this e-mail immediately. > Thank you. Aetna > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
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