On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 17:38:12 +0000, DASDBILL2 wrote: >Extended Addressability refers to an attribute of a data set that allows the >data set to contain more then 4GB of data. >Extended Format refers to each DASD block's having some extra bytes, called a >suffix, added to the end of each data block, and this can happen with data >sets that contain fewer than 4GB of data. >EAV stands for Extended Addressability Volumes and refers to an attribute of a >volume that allows it to have more than 65,536 (approximately) cylinders on >it, regardless of what kinds of data sets are stored there or how large they >are. > >These three buzzphrases all have the word "extended" in them, and two of them >also have the word "addressability" in them, but they are three different >concepts. >
EATTR JCL/Data Class-Parameter: A data set with *extended* attributes (format 8 and 9 DSCBs) can reside in the *extended* address space (EAS) on an *extended* address volume (EAV). (EATTR was not available on MVS/eXtended Architecture ;-) Norbert Friemel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
