You could have an ACS code rule that says

If PGM=cobol compiler and DD = SYSUT* then dataclas=onevol

Where Onevol is defined in the data class to have a VOLCOUNT of 1

Lizette


> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Charles Mills
> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 3:32 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Unit-count default with UNIT=group-name?
> 
> I'm looking at the Enterprise COBOL V5.1 U/G which says that SYSUT5, 6, 7
and
> 15 must all be single-volume allocations.
> 
> If I code SPACE=(CYL,(2,2,0)),UNIT=SYSDA is that implicitly a request for
only
> one volume, or might z/OS give me one cylinder each on two volumes or a
> secondary allocation on a second device (assuming, of course, that SYSDA
were
> multiple volumes, as it usually would be)? The example in the U/G shows
only
> UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(CYL,(1,1)). The JCL Reference says that UNIT=device-
> address is a request for only a single volume but appears to be silent on
> UNIT=group-name.
> 
> It's machine-generated JCL so it is not so simple as "why don't you just
code a unit
> count of 1 and quit worrying about it?" A unit count will require a
program change.
> 
> Thanks,
> Charles
> 

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