We use it for datasets allocated to SYSUDUMP etc. It allocates 0 tracks until 
the moment a dump has to be written, if any.

Kees.

"Ron Hawkins" <[email protected]> wrote in message 
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> Radoslaw,
> 
> Infrequent but not illogical.
> 
> I've used it for datasets that are only opened and written to on a weekly or
> monthly basis. The secondary extents are allocated and used when anything is
> written.
> 
> You will also find empty datasets with space released to zero tracks. This
> is one of the effects of having a HWM written to an empty dataset. If it is
> logical at space release, why wouldn't it be logical at allocation? It's net
> same result.
> 
> Ron
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> > Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Space Allocation In Bytes
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> > W dniu 2012-08-25 17:49, Skip Robinson pisze:
> > > Zero space allocation is perfectly valid.
> > 
> > Valid, but illogical. Data set with zero size is illogical.
> > 
> > > As is SPACE (0,1) also. The
> > > result is just as requested. In either case, the data set exists in
> > > the VTOC but takes up no space on disk. The data set is treated as
> > > 'real', including GRS enqueue. Hence it can be used like any other
> > > exclusively held data set to serialize execution.
> > That's exploitation of "side effect". Stilla valid (it works, so it is
> valid), but it's
> > still illogical.
> > 
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