On Thu, May 12, 2022, 14:04 Tom Brennan <[email protected]> wrote:

> Yes... Now that you mention it, I do remember the key in PDS
> directories, but I never worked with those others directly.  Do VSAM
> datasets use disk keys?
>

No. VSAM is really designed with FBA (Fixed Block Architecture) devices in
mind. Too bad z/OS doesn't support FBA. This is true of KSDS, ESDS, RRN,
VRRN, and LDS. VSAM is conceptual like a memory access.

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