Thanks, Kurt. I’ll give that a try.

Rich Smrcina


> On Jan 13, 2022, at 2:24 PM, Kurt J. Quackenbush <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> I’m trying to install z/OS 2.5 with zOSMF. It get’s to the point of 
>> restoring files, but at some point I get this message:
>> 
>> JOB00189  IEF244I IZUD04UZ GIMUNZIP - UNABLE TO ALLOCATE 1 UNIT(S) 
>>        AT LEAST 1 OFFLINE UNIT(S) NEEDED. 
>> JOB00189  IEF877E IZUD04UZ NEEDS 1 UNIT(S) 
>> FOR GIMUNZIP SYSUT1 
>> FOR VOLUME SCRTCH-   1 
>> OFFLINE, NOT ACCESSIBLE 
>> 0120-013F 0160-017F 0226-022F 023A-027F 02A0-02FF 0320-037F 03A0-03FF 
>> 0700-071F 0980-099F 0C00-0C1F 0D40-0D5F 1200-19FF 2000-21FF 3000-31FF 
>> 4000-41FF 5000-51FF 6000-61FF 7000-71FF 8000-81FF 9000-91FF A000-A1FF 
>> B000-B1FF C000-C1FF D000-D1FF E000-E1FF F000-F1FF 
>> : 
>> JOB00189  IEF878I END OF IEF877E FOR IZUD04UZ GIMUNZIP SYSUT1 
>> JOB00189 *52 IEF238D IZUD04UZ - REPLY DEVICE NAME OR 'CANCEL'. 
>> 
>> This is the point in the install where it is trying to restore this 
> file:
>> 
>> CB.SYS1.AFOMHFS
>> 
>> According to the dialog, the file is just under 35,000 tracks. The 
>> volume on which it is supposed to be allocated has well over 133,000
>> tracks available.
>> 
>> SYSUT1... Is this related to the /tmp space used to unpack the file?
> 
> Not /tmp, but temporary data sets, yes.  By default GIMUNZIP allocates 
> temporary data sets to SYSALLDA, and I'm guessing your SYSALLDA pool 
> doesn't have enough free space for this particular data set.  Edit the JCL 
> and add this after the <GIMUNZIP> tag:
> 
> <TEMPDS volume="volser"> </TEMPDS>
> 
> Specify a volser GIMUNZIP should use for temporary data sets.  For more 
> information see here:
> https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=routine-gimunzip-package-control-tags
>  
> <https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=routine-gimunzip-package-control-tags>
> 
> Kurt Quackenbush -- IBM  |  z/OS SMP/E and z/OSMF Software Management  | 
> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> 
> Chuck Norris never uses CHECK when he applies PTFs.
> 
> 
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