I hope I'm only stating the obvious, but back the volume up before you do anything.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Jack Zukt Sent: Monday, August 1, 2022 10:01 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Extending a VTOC Thank you all for your input. I am going to try it like that Regards, Jack On Mon, 1 Aug 2022 at 11:58, Immo <i...@mikno.de> wrote: > P.S. > EXTVTOC(n) is a parameter of the ICKDSF command REFORMAT. > Michael > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Im > Auftrag von Jack Zukt > Gesendet: Montag, 1. August 2022 12:15 > An: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Betreff: Extending a VTOC > > Hi all, > It has been way too many years since the last time I dabbled with > ICKDSF and VTOC definitions (probably over twenty, but I would rather > not do the math). > Back on those days, if memory serves me right, the only way to extend > a VTOC was to clean the DASD of all its contents, put it offline, and > recreate the VTOC with the new size. As a few years have passed, I > have been going through the ICKDSF manual trying to find out if a VTOC > can be extended without having to clear the volume first. I can not > say that I have became enlightened. It seems to be possible but I am > not quite sure about it. And this being a production volume I really > would hate if things do not work as expected. > So, in a nut shell, can I extend a VTOC from 90 to 900 tracks without > having first to clean the DASD of all its files? > Thank you in advance for any help, > Best regards > Jack > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
