If by "handled", you also mean "ignored." I have no problem submitting this job on my system (z/OS 1.4):
//DPC088IF JOB (DPC088,JDG),'IEFBR14',CLASS=A,MSGCLASS=X, // MSGLEVEL=(1,1),NOTIFY=DPC088 TYPRUN=HOLD // EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=* //DD1 DD DSN=DPC088.ACS.LIST, // DISP=(NEW,CATLG), // UNIT=FOOBAR I can assure you that I do not have a unit called "FOOBAR" in the HCD, nor does the ACS routine check for a &UNIT value of "FOOBAR". Because the data set name will be assigned a STORCLAS, the data set is SMS-managed and the UNIT makes no difference. If I add "VOL=SER=SYS400" to the DD, then the job gets a JCL error on the UNIT specified because SYS400 is not an SMS-managed volume. If I add "VOL=SER=PROD01" to the DD (which is an SMS-managed volume), my data set is allocated into an SMS-managed volume, though not PROD01. Greg Shirey Ben E. Keith Company -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Knutson, Sam Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 8:41 AM My understanding is you can allow a unit to be coded in UNIT=unit which is not defined to HCD but only handled by SMS. <snip> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

