You should implement TIERING. SMS first fills the first mentioned SG and only if it has not enough space, SMS will go to the second SG.
Kees. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Jesse 1 Robinson > Sent: 22 April, 2017 2:43 > To: [email protected] > Subject: SMS STORGRP question > > 'Forever' we have directed DUMPSRV SVC dumps via ACS routine to STORGRP > 'SVCDUMP', which is defined to a small set of volumes called SVCDxx. We > had a (major) problem a while back when DB2/CICS wanted to take a > humongous dump that exceeded the available capacity of of the SVCDxx > volumes. So we *added* group 'OVERFLOW' to the ACS routine expecting > this much larger group to accommodate dumps that SVCDUMP could not > handle. Much to our chagrin, from that moment forward, *all* SVCDUMPs > went directly to OVERFLOW without even trying to find space in group > SVCDUMP. We have an RYO mechanism to manage dumps created on volume > SVCDxx, so dumps created elsewhere are a problem we can live with on > occasion but not regularly. > > I know there are various ways to resolve to this problem, but I want to > know why SMS is behaving this way and whether there is a purely SMS > solution: try SVCDUMP first; if no room, then try OVERFLOW. In that > order. > > . > . > J.O.Skip Robinson > Southern California Edison Company > Electric Dragon Team Paddler > SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager > 323-715-0595 Mobile > 626-543-6132 Office <===== NEW > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ******************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ******************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
