Extended VSAM can be released.  Standard VSAM cannot be released.
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.idad400/defks.htm

On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Willie Bunter
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I defined the dsn as VSAM EXTENDED format and I ran a LISTCAT to compare the 
> before and after allocation.
> Everything is okay except for the following:
> When the dsn was NOT VSAM EXTENDED format the IAM100 IAM FILE ANALYSIS output 
> showed :
>
> TOTAL EXTENTS  =        49  -  TOTAL SPACE ALLOCATED - =   1956000 TRACKS
> PRIMARY SPACE  =      4350  -  SECONDARY SPACE ------- =      4350 CYL
> MULTIVOLUME -- =   PRIMARY  -  MAX SECONDARY --------- =      4350 CYL
> RELEASE ------ =        NO  -  SHARE OPTIONS --------- =         2
> DATA COMPRESS  =  SOFTWARE  -  INDEX COMPRESS -------- =       YES
> TOTAL RECORDS  = 447700657  -  INSERTS --------------- =         0
> UPDATES ------ =         0  -  DELETES --------------- =         0
> HIGH USED RBA  = 104538978  -  HIGH ALLOCATED RBA ---- = 104538978 KB
> FILE DEFINED - =  2014.298  -  10/25/2014 -  6:26 PM - =  18:26:54
> FILE LOADED -- =  2014.298  -  10/25/2014 -  6:53 PM - =  18:53:07
>
> However when the dsn is defined as VSAM EXTENDED it shows
> TOTAL EXTENTS  =         2  -  TOTAL SPACE ALLOCATED - =     95250 TRACKS
> PRIMARY SPACE  =      6350  -  SECONDARY SPACE ------- =      6350 CYL
> MULTIVOLUME -- =   PRIMARY  -  MAX SECONDARY --------- =      6350 CYL
> RELEASE ------ =       YES  -  SHARE OPTIONS --------- =         2
> FILE DEFINED - =  2014.300  -  10/27/2014 -  1:17 PM - =  13:17:06
> NUMBER OF IAM DATA BLOCKS -------------------- =         0
> EXTENDED HIGH ALLOCATED RBN ------------------ =         0
>
> I cannot understand why it is showing RELEASE ------ =       YES ?  I thought 
> it could be coming from
> Space Constraint Relief . . . : YES
> I tried a test and changed the Space Constraint Relief . . . : NO however the 
> result was the same.
>
> Could someone shed some light?
>
> Thanks.
>
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