At least the VVDS can take extents. One of our volume with 70% used lots of 1 track datasets 46 extents 460 tracks.
On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 11:58 AM, retired mainframer <retired-mainfra...@q.com> wrote: > Since the VVDS is a catalog extension supporting both VSAM and SMS, wouldn't > the size of the VVDS depend on mix of VSAM and non-VSAM datasets and > possibly even the type of VSAM datasets on the volume? > > :>: -----Original Message----- > :>: From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > :>: Behalf Of Staller, Allan > :>: Sent: Friday, February 07, 2014 5:53 AM > :>: To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > :>: Subject: Re: Implicit VVDS creation > :>: > :>: As I commented recently in another thread, in the ICKDSF manual there is > :>: a table of MAXVTOC/MAXVTOCIX sizes in : > :>: "Calculating the size of the VTOC index" in appendix C of ICKDSF Users > :>: Guide GC35-0033-39. > :>: > :>: Unfortunately, there is no reference to the size of the VVDS required to > :>: support a MAXVTOC/MAXVTOCIX formatted volume. > :>: Would be nice to have! > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
