Each file (Actually these are splitted files) having records of 100,000,000 and the last one (9th file) has 51142574 records.
Already i am allocating maximum space in cylinders
When submitting a job i got ABEND S837. Can anyone please help me to sort this out?!
Code:
QW S837
Explanation: The error occurred at an end-of-volume for a sequential data
set. This system completion code is accompanied by message IEC028I. Refer
to the explanation of message IEC028I for complete information about the
task that was ended and for an explanation of the return code (rc in the
message text) in register 15.
Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 19244 Location: Inside the Matrix
Hello,
More descriptive diagnostic information is in the "next" place you look - the IEC028I message.
At the top of the page is a link to "IBM Manuals" Among them is the z/OS System Messages. You want volume VII i believe.
If the problem is not clear with that info, post your actual diagnostic info and someone whould be able to clarify.
These aren't by chance input tape files? If they are, that posted jcl will require 9 tape drives and someone from operations may come looking for you to cause damage
If these are tape files, consider using unit=aff for all but the first input file.
Joined: 06 Jun 2008 Posts: 8697 Location: Dubuque, Iowa, USA
Jack, actually the request wouldn't go that high. The limit is 59 disk volumes for a single data set, so I suspect attempting to allocate the 60th volume would cause an abend. Also, unless running z/OS 1.10 with large data sets (which I think is controlled by SMS -- although I haven't checked that for sure), there's a limit of 65,535 tracks per volume so allocating 8500 cylinders won't work, either.
I suspect the site ACS routines are correcting these issues to prevent the otherwise expected abend.
You're right; I forgot about the 56 vol limit. But he did request 9 Mil. .
I thought though, that SMS would accept your o'ride and let the chips fall.
As you say, that's probably site dependant.
