Sorry, Bob... I meant to say that Willie needs to RTFB and consider all data sets. I know you were trying to help. The book goes into considerable detail about how to figure space requirements.
Tom Marchant On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:49:02 -0400, Richards.Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Well, eeeexxxcccuuussseee me, Tom! :-) > >You are right of course. I would RTFB except that I am not allowed to >play "storage administrator" anymore. I was just trying to be helpful to >Willie. When my memory fades a little more on storage management issues, >I'll stop answering those questions and leave to you young-uns to >answer! > >Bob Richards > > >-----Original Message----- >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of Tom Marchant >Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 11:43 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: CATALOG ERROR - Defining VVDS > >Snippage.... > >Stop thinking only of VSAM! > >On an SMS managed volume, ALL data sets have an entry in the VVDS. > >The default allocation is 10 tracks primary and 10 tracks secondary. > >You need to RTFB in Managing catalogs. A KSDS needs 530 bytes. >Non-VSAM needs 100 bytes. If you have SMS volumes that are used >for similar data sets, you might be able to get an idea by looking >at their VVDSes. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
