Also, if you specify UNIT=(SYSDA,nn) where nn is a number greater than 1 the system will allocate the secondary extents across up to nn volumes with up to 16 extents on each volume. I believe you still need enough space on one volume to get your primary allocation within 5 extents.
Tom Kelman Commerce Bank of Kansas City (816) 760-7632 > When data sets are allocated, the primary allocation must be able to be > obtained in the first 5 extents. If that fails, the allocation fails. > > From your listing, you do not have sufficient space to allocate your > primary allocation. You could try creating an allocation like > SPACE=(CYL,(5,10),RLSE) and see if you can get the data set allocated. > This would allocate 5 cylinders on Primary and then take up to 16 extents > in 10 cylinders each. You might make that work for you. If it does not, > then you will need to reduce the secondary allocation until it does. That > way you do not need to add an extra volume or defrag packs or migrate data > sets. But those should be looked at as soon as possible. > > > Lizette > > > > > >I tried a test and failed. I tried to allocate the dsn (spf 3.4) for 60 > cyls. > > > > This is the vtoc of the group: > > ---- Device ---- Volume Nbr ---- Free ---- - Largest - Nbr > Nbr > >Nbr Type Status Serial Cyl Cyl Track Cyl Track Ext > Users > > > >AB51 3390 SMS PPRM0A 10019 371 655 22 0 184 > 108 > >AB61 3390 SMS PPRM02 3339 39 313 7 0 90 > 166 > >AB62 3390 SMS PPRM09 3339 172 379 10 10 118 > 248 > >AB66 3390 SMS PPRM03 3339 28 498 2 15 108 > 90 > >AB67 3390 SMS PPRM04 3339 37 346 5 0 70 > 79 > >AB69 3390 SMS PPRM05 3339 0 232 0 14 40 > 120 > >AB6D 3390 SMS PPRM06 3339 30 180 3 0 46 > 154 > >AB73 3390 SMS PPRM07 3339 64 285 8 0 76 > 56 > >AB77 3390 SMS PPRM08 3339 31 256 2 14 67 > 118 > >ABB5 3390 SMS PPRM01 3339 59 593 3 0 142 > 412 ***************************************************************************** If you wish to communicate securely with Commerce Bank and its affiliates, you must log into your account under Online Services at http://www.commercebank.com or use the Commerce Bank Secure Email Message Center at https://securemail.commercebank.com NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any attached files are confidential. The information is exclusively for the use of the individual or entity intended as the recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, copying, printing, reviewing, retention, disclosure, distribution or forwarding of the message or any attached file is not authorized and is strictly prohibited. If you have received this electronic mail message in error, please advise the sender by reply electronic mail immediately and permanently delete the original transmission, any attachments and any copies of this message from your computer system. ***************************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
