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

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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 6:35 AM
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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.

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