Ted, It's hard to say. I believe it's built by DFSMS code, which could be argued to be part of z/OS. But ownership of the code is a diversion here. 59 volumes is a DASD restriction, not an allocation restriction. You can dynamically allocate a 255 volume tape data set.
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 7:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: DYNALLOC question (Multi-Volume) >Actually, z/OS supports a maximum of 255 volumes. 59 volumes is a DASD restriction based on DEB constraints. Funny! I thought the DEB was a z/OS construct. (8-{]} - 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
