vsam space

lakshmibala · New User Joined: 16 Jun 2004 Posts: 47

hi

i have a doubt in vsam.

i have a vsam file with full of records. i want to expand the space of the particular vsam file. is it possible? if yes how?.

regards,

lakshmi.

superk · Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 10:02 am

1. Create a backup of the VSAM cluster to a sequential (QSAM) dataset.

2. Delete the VSAM cluster.

3. Allocate a new VSAM cluster with the increased space parameters.

4. Copy the backup into the new VSAM cluster.

We used to use a VSAM utility called CA-Faver that could handle all of this easily.