Lizette is correct. You need an SMS DC to get the EA but you don't need SMS to manage the allocation. I do this with ZFS and other non ZFS all the time.
Chad > On Nov 10, 2015, at 05:26, Lizette Koehler <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think you need a dataclas the adds the ea/ef formats but does not need to > be SMS managed. I would need to review the manuals to be 99.9% sure. We use > this for DB2 les datasets. So not restricted to zFS. Any vast dataset > should work. > > > Lizette > > > -----Original Message----- >> From: "R.S." >> Sent: Nov 9, 2015 8:49 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Extended Addressability for non-SMS VSAM >> >> AFAIK since z/OS 2.1 it is possible to use EA for VSAM LDS clusters >> which are not Extended Format (and not SMS-managed). >> >> Questions: >> >> Q1. Is it supported for any kind of VSAM LDS or for ZFS only? >> >> Q2. Is it supported/planned to support for other types of VSAM datasets? >> >> -- >> Radoslaw Skorupka >> Lodz, Poland > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
