It's not just VSAM. SMS datasets use the VVDS, as well. - Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca Twitter: @TedMacNEIL
-----Original Message----- From: Doug Fuerst <d...@bkassociates.net> Sender: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 18:25:43 To: <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Subject: Re: Implicit VVDS creation You have that many VSAM datsets on a volume? 10 tracks holds a fair amount of data for a VVDS. Doug Doug Fuerst BK Associates 718.921.2620 917.572.7364 d...@bkassociates.net ------ Original Message ------ From: "David G. Schlecht" <dschle...@admin.nv.gov> To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu Sent: 2/6/2014 12:55:12 PM Subject: Re: Implicit VVDS creation >Hold the presses! The documents for v1r13 say the VVDSSIZE defaults to >TRKS(10 10). Holy cow, that's a whole lot less than 10 cylinders. > >One would think that at 10 tracks, the VVDS would run out of space (and >extents) quite frequently but I don't see this being a frequent topic >on IBM-MAIN. > > > snip>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
