> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of J R > Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 2:02 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Checking Volume Capacity > > If you were doing it from ISPF Option 6, you were probably > using a home-grown, 3rd party or CBT TSO CP or CLIST. > There were several around. The one that comes to mind is > "LSPACE" which simply issued the LSPACE macro/SVC. It > returned a formatted line of text containing how much free > space was on the volume, how many extents, the largest, etc. > > Be aware that this reads the F5 dscbs and probably ENQs > SYSVTOC, so you wouldn't want to do it indiscriminately. >
Are you sure it reads the F5's? If you have an indexed VTOC (and you should!), then the free space information is kept in the VTOCIX and, IIRC, DADSM no longer maintains the F5 DSCBs on that volume. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
