Yep, data class is stored in the VVDS, plain as day, right between the storage 
class and the management class for each dataset that has one.  If it doesn't 
have one, there are three bytes of X'00' between the storage class and length 
of the management class.

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Jackson, Rob
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Subject: [Originated Externally]Re: How to determine the Dataclas Used for a 
TAPE

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Are you sure?  I see LM DC: on my display; that's the construct where size is 
defined in the Library Manager.  Dataclass is definitely stored (I'd guess in 
the VVDS, not sure honestly, but certainly in the LM for tape volumes); check 
your dataset records in a DCOLLECT run . . . .

D SMS,VOL(640000)
CBR1180I OAM TAPE VOLUME STATUS: 022
VOLUME  MEDIA     STORAGE   LIBRARY   USE  W  C  SOFTWARE  LIBRARY
        TYPE      GROUP     NAME      ATR  P  P  ERR STAT  CATEGORY
640000  MEDIA2    LITVE2F   LITCL02   P    N  N  NOERROR   PRIVATE
-------------------------------------------------------------------
RECORDING TECH:     36 TRACK         COMPACTION:         YES
SPECIAL ATTRIBUTE:  NONE             ENTER/EJECT DATE:   2012-10-28
CREATION DATE:      2012-10-28       EXPIRATION DATE:    1999-00-00
LAST MOUNTED DATE:  2018-02-07       LAST WRITTEN DATE:  2018-02-07
SHELF LOCATION:
OWNER: XPTR
LM SG: LITVE2F   LM SC: LITVE     LM MC: MCVTSGDE  LM DC: DC4GB
LM CATEGORY: 000F
-------------------------------------------------------------------
LOGICAL VOLUME.
VOLUME IS CACHE RESIDENT.
COPY EXISTS IN AT LEAST TWO DISTRIBUTED LIBRARIES.

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On Oct 20, 2020, at 3:00 PM, Jackson, Rob <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Tape dataclass is on the volume level.  You can use 'd sms,vol(vvvvvv)'.

That shows the storage group but not the dataclass.

I’m pretty sure DATACLAS, for both disk and tape, is used during ACS routines 
and allocation in general, but isn’t ever stored anywhere. It’s a place for the 
system to get information when allocating the dataset, but then it’s discarded.


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