Bob, >I disagree with you. My assumption is that Tommy will have *converted* >TSMD12 to SMS management and will have mounted it PRIVATE.
Mounting a SMS managed volume as PRIVATE will have no impact on how SMS controls allocation. Yes, you could put the volume in the same storage group in quiesce status to reduce the chance that some other dataset will be allocated to the volume. But a large allocation or someone simply allocating more space than you expect can cause allocations to the volume that you want to reserve for your special dataset. If you rely upon GUARANTEED SPACE, you could have your job that allocates the "important" dataset fail instead of your job(s) that may be less important if the pool fills up. Regards, John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
