Yes, the first time a data set gets placed on an SMS-managed volume, a VVDS will be created if one does not already exist. (This is true whether the data set is VSAM or not.)
Regards, Greg Shirey Ben E. Keith Company -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of willie bunter Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 7:58 AM Could the problem have been caused because a VSAM dsn was allocated on that volume as soon as I put it ONLINE? ######################################################################## As of January 1, 2007, Ben E. Keith Company will no longer accept emails addressed to our "bekco.com" address. Please change your information for all Ben E. Keith contacts to our new email address, "benekeith.com". Thank you. ######################################################################## ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

