"Gilbert Cardenas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > I know there has been some recent discussions on the usage of Mod 27s > and my question is somewhat related so I'm looking for some insight. > > Background: > We recently added more storage to our Shark and we initialized all of > the new volumes as Mod 27s. > I migrated several storage pool volumes to the new mod 27s so some of > the storage pools went from 10 volumes per say to 2 volumes. > > Observations: > We ran into an issue this weekend where one of our DB2 jobs abended > with a IEC028I 837-08 error code. From all indications there was plenty > of space available but after looking at the control cards, the jcl was
> specifying a volume count of 5 but there were only 2 volumes in the > pool available. > It was my understanding that specifying a volume count would only > allow the job to utilize that many volumes if they were available. Not > that that many volumes would be a requirement. > > Questions: > Would jcl that is specifying a volume count more than what is available > cause this type of abend? > Are there other gotchas I need to look out for? > > > Can anyone shed some light on this? > > Thanks, > Gil. > A possible cause here could be that the total storage required was based on the space parameter in the JCL *and* the volume count of 5. E.g. SPACE=(CYL,100),UNIT=(3390,5) and the datset requires 400 cylinders. If you only provide 2 volumes, the required space will not be available. You could correct this situation by enlarging the space parameter (if possible). Kees. ********************************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
