One thing that you can try is to use DFDSS to copy the tracks from their current location to a new location below the 65535 limit. The TRACKS and OUTTRACKS paramters SHOULD allow you to do this. Then you might be able to do the allocation using ABSTR.
Jon L. Veilleux [EMAIL PROTECTED] (860) 636-2683 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Marchant Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 9:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: FW: Deleted PDS On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:51:43 +0200, Sarel Swanepoel wrote: > 3 //DD1IN DD DSN=FASYS03.SAS.DQ.SOURCLIB, > // DISP=(NEW,CATLG), > // VOL=SER=SA8F2C,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=27920,RECFM=FB,UNIT=3390, > // SPACE=(ABSTR,(100,101160,20)) > >STMT NO. MESSAGE > > 3 IEF642I EXCESSIVE PARAMETER LENGTH IN THE SPACE FIELD The JCL reference manual says, "The absolute track address must be a decimal number equal to or less than 65535." -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 This e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information. If you think you have received this e-mail in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this e-mail immediately. Thank you. Aetna ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
