this is an Extended Format VSAM file. there is another field in the Data Class called Additional Volume Amount - default value is Primary. you can set this to Secondary.
i'm assuming that you do not have niche products such as StopX37 or ACC/SRS. i'm curious to know why you have Record Access Bias set to USER ... - ravi. On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:25:02 -0500, Frank Allan Rasmussen <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi > >There are no error messages as we have not defined the new dataset yet. I >was just wondring why a second volume was not used as I think it should. > >The dataclass is pretty basic: > >Every thing blank except for: > >Data Set Name Type . . . . . : EXTENDED > If Extended . . . . . . . . : PREFERRED > Extended Addressability . . : YES > Record Access Bias . . . . : USER >Space Constraint Relief . . . : NO > >Reuse . . . . . . . . . . . : NO >Initial Load . . . . . . . . : RECOVERY >BWO . . . . . . . . . . . . : >Log . . . . . . . . . . . . : >Logstream Id . . . . . . . . : >FRlog . . . . . . . . . . . : >RLS CF Cache Value . . . . . : ALL >RLS Above the 2-GB Bar . . . : NO >Extent Constraint Removal . : NO > >But if VSAM tries to use primary space and there are no empty volumes in the >storagegroup I guess thats explains why there is no extends. Primary space >was defines as 12000 cyls........ > >Mvh >Frank ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
