I would issue the 

MODIFY CATALOG,REPORT

And see what the VVDS is set up to do.

Lizette


> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Storr, Lon A CTR USARMY HRC (US)
> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 9:24 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: zFS and VVDS (UNCLASSIFIED)
> 
> Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
> Caveats: NONE
> 
> Hi Juergen,
> 
> I just allocated an LDS on a clean non-SMS volume (under 1.13) and a VVDS was
> created, as expected.
> 
> 
> Is it possible that your security system is sticking its nose in?
> 
> Is it possible that the volume was initialized as STGR even though the volume 
> is not
> defined in a SG?
> 
> I remember reading somewhere that VVDSs are no longer automatically catalogued
> but I agree with your belief (i.e. that an LDS requires a VVR).
> 
> Viele Gruessen!
> 
> Alan (ehmalige SSS Berater)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Juergen Kehr
> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 10:47 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: zFS and VVDS
> 
> Dear friends,
> 
> a situation which at least for me seems to be quite strange today happened:
> We put some zFS datasets on a newly initialized volume. We do NOT explicitly 
> put
> a VVDS on that volume.
> We thought that this be done, when the first VSAM dataset is allocated on this
> volume and AFAIK zFS files are VSAM LDS files. But no VVDS was allocated, but
> everything seems to be normal. Is that correct and where does the system 
> store the
> VSAM informations about this zFS?
> 
> BTW: The volume is not SMS managed.
> 
> Can anybody clarify this surprising situation? Because I've learned that a 
> VVDS is
> created, when the first VSAM on that volume is created.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> Kind regards.
> Juergen Kehr
> 

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