So, You will need to add more volumes to the SMS Pool Then go to the DATA Class and ensure you are not setting things like Volume Count or Dyna volume count to a number less then what you are providing your user.
And ALTER dsn VOL(* * * * * ) however many stars to reflect the number of volumes. Also, do a LISTC ENT(dsn) ALL and see what the candidates look like before you make changes. Also, remember that when the files allocate the new volume, You may wish to place them in QUINEW or something similar so you can get them back. Or is the user able to delete the file when you want the volumes back. Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Bill Ashton > Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 10:44 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: How to change SMS > > The file is currently on 3 volumes that are SMS managed in a Dataclass that > has 3 > volumes. We want to add 3 more volumes to this Dataclass and have the file > automatically pick them up. I will look at the ALTER AddVolumes... > > On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 1:37 PM, Mark Jacobs - Listserv < > mark.jac...@custserv.com> wrote: > > > Can't you just do an ALTER ADDVOLUMES(* * *) on that dataset? > > > > Mark Jacobs > > > >> Bill Ashton <mailto:bill00ash...@gmail.com> October 30, 2015 at 1:34 > >> PM Hi friends! One of our users is working with a file that is > >> currently defined to a special Dataclass with 3 volumes (it is pretty > >> full already). > >> They want to test an end-of-year process that will add a lot of data > >> to this file, and I would like to add another 3 volumes temporarily > >> to this class. > >> > >> Can I just add the vols to the SMS dataclass, and the file will > >> automatically expand when she fills the 3 it had when defined, or > >> would I need to back it up and reallocate it again to pick up the new > >> volumes? > >> > >> She is the only user of this Dataclass, and this is only temporary > >> (until end of January). So I would need to know how to add the vols > >> now, and then back them out again in 3 months. > >> > >> Thanks for your advice. > >> > >> -- > >> Thank you and best regards, > >> *Billy Ashton* > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
