S000TBE DSLIST               Data Set Information                      
Command ===>                                                           
                                                                       
Data Set Name . . . . : S000TBE.NITZ                                   
                                                                       
General Data                          Current Allocation               
 Management class . . : TSOUSR02       Allocated tracks  . : 1         
 Storage class  . . . : STANDARD       Allocated extents . : 1         
  Volume serial . . . : TSO009         Maximum dir. blocks : 5         
  Device type . . . . : 3390                                           
 Data class . . . . . : STANDARD                                       
  Organization  . . . : PO            Current Utilization              
  Record format . . . : F              Used tracks . . . . : 0         
  Record length . . . : 20             Used extents  . . . : 0         
  Block size  . . . . : 20             Used dir. blocks  . : 1         
  1st extent tracks . : 1              Number of members . : 1         
  Secondary tracks  . : 0                                              
  Data set name type  : PDS           Dates                            
                                       Creation date . . . : 2013/09/19
                                       Referenced date . . : ***None***
                                       Expiration date . . : ***None***


Med Vänlig Hälsning
Thomas Berg
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Thomas Berg   Specialist   zOS\RQM\IT Delivery   SWEDBANK AB (Publ)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of [email protected]
> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 10:33 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Allocation test
> 
> Can someone please run this iefbr14 job and tell me what the space
> allocation is (number of directory blocks) on your system?
> 
> // EXEC PGM=IEFBR14
> //DD1 DD DISP=(,CATLG),DSN=TEST,
> //       SPACE=(TRK,(1,0,0)),RECFM=F,LRECL=20,DSORG=PO
> 
> Note that I deliberately request DSORG=PO but do not provide a directory
> space number.
> In my case the job ends with rc=0, the data set is allocated, but ISPF
> gets an I/O error when I use an "i" line command in front of it. The
> data set is allocated as PDS.
> 
> When I change the space allocation to (TRK,(10000,0,0)), the job still
> ends with rc=0, the data set is still a PDS, but now it is allocated
> with 66000 "maximum directory blocks" displayed using the ISPF line
> command "i". In case you're wondering, the last PO data set allocated
> successfully using a batch job had 66000 directory blocks, and in my
> opinion that number is (invalidly) used for this batch job. Certainly
> the allocation behaviour is not consistent.
> 
> Can anyone confirm the same behaviour or is this just another quirk on
> our system?
> 
> Thanks in advance, Barbara
> 
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