On Wed, 2006-08-09 at 15:23 +0200, Teusch Arnold (BIL) wrote: > Yes these are SMS volumes. I used already volcount(src) but was > somehow intrigued when I saw the asterisks in ISPF 3.4 after restore > of my test file : > > Number of volumes allocated: 3 > > DB2Y01 * * > > This was a very small file which found space on 1 volume after > restore. For the real job I will use volcount(any) as you suggested.
I seem to recall that this indicates candidate volumes. And doesn't necessarily do anything for allocation - especially if you are at the limit. I think after a couple of failures we had to use guaranteed space. However the DASD folks were primarily responsible, and so I may be mistooked. Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
