Joined: 03 May 2008 Posts: 2 Location: Board of Equalization; Sacramento, CA
Hello,
VOL=(,,,20) - A non-specific request for up to 20 volumes to be allocated for a DSN.
This parameter is always used when defining multi-volume DASD datasets in my shop, but from what I can find on the net, this is only supposed to be used for multi-volume TAPE DSN's. I was told that this PARM was changed to include DASD DSN's as well. Can anyone verify this for me because I am not sure if I am coding things correctly?
If anyone can supply me with more detail on the VOL=(,,,20) Parm then feel free!
So you can go ahead with your code, test it once & check if system throughs some errors.
2. You cannot override the volume count for an existing system-managed DASD data set (but you can specify a volume count when you create a new system-managed DASD data set).
Joined: 14 Mar 2007 Posts: 8797 Location: Welsh Wales
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2. You cannot override the volume count for an existing system-managed DASD data set (but you can specify a volume count when you create a new system-managed DASD data set).
Take a look at the IDCAMS ALTER command, because you can add extra volumes to a DASD dataset, as well as remove them.