Actually, z/OS supports a maximum of 255 volumes. 59 volumes is a DASD restriction based on DEB constraints.
Tom Harper IMS Utilities Development Team Neon Enterprise Software, Inc. Sugar Land, TX -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 6:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: DYNALLOC question (Multi-Volume) >is it safe/ok to specify 255 and let z/OS decide to allocate multi-volume or not? z/OS supports a maximum of 59 volumes. And, it is safe. Nothing significant is used until the volumes are allocated. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

