Scott Good call - that did the trick. I'm on vacation starting next week - I think my 'brain cells' must have already left :-)
Thanks On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 3:15 PM, Scott Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 13:28:20 +0300, james smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >Folks > > > >I am experiencing a new problem using IRRUT200 which is used to make a > copy > >of our RACF database. We have been running this job for eons then > suddenly > >we started getting D37-04 abends. What appears to be happening is no > matter > >what SPACE value we specify it is being 'clobbered' and we end up getting > 1 > >unit of whatever we request - so either 1 CYLINDER or 1 TRACK followed > >logically by a D37. > > > >I have specified SPACE=(CYL,(150)) on my JCL - I have even pre-allocated > the > >dataset with 150 CYLINDERS. > > > >After the job abends and I Check the dataset - the allocation is ONE > >CYLINDER. > > > >The strange part is that this only happens for SMS datasets. When I > >pre-allocate a NON-SMS dataset OR specify a non-sms dataset in my JCL - > hey > >presto no problems - job works as intended. > > > >Any ideas would be appreciated > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >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 > > If the program is doing an OPEN/CLOSE prior to writing the file, you will > need to use a MGMTCLAS that does *NOT* have the PARTIAL_RELEASE=YES_IMMED > attribute. > > Scott Barry > SBBWorks, Inc. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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

