Have you checked out the ALLOCxx member of SYS1.PARMLIB (Or your version)? Lizette
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Styles, Andy (SD EP zPlatform) > Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2016 7:34 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Default space allocation > > Hi All, > > We've had a minor issue a few times over the past year or so. On our GDPS > control systems, we have a null SMS configuration - all datasets are allocated > with UNIT=SYSALLDA (I think I'm explaining this right), otherwise you get > SPECIFY DEVICE OR CANCEL. > > The issue we seem to have hit is that people using XMIT/RECEIVE seem to > allocate enormous datasets - one yesterday was 45K tracks, 1% used, which used > up nearly all the free space on the volume, and caused another job to fail as > it was unable to get the space it needed. > > I vaguely remember reading somewhere about default space allocation being > something along the lines of "whatever space remains on the volume". > > Does this ring any bells with anyone, or am I just dreaming it? Can these > parameters be changed, and if so, where? I've been hunting but can't track it > down. > > Many thanks, > > -- > Andy Styles > z/Series Systems Programmer ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
