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| RogerLacroix |
 Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 3:14 pm Post subject: JCL DSNTYPE=LIBRARY |
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This isn't an MQ question just straight JCL question.
I've always defined any new LIBRARY (aka PDSE) datasets using ISPF's 3.2 option. Like the following:
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Allocate New Data Set
Command ===>
Data Set Name . . . : ROGER.TEST.LOADE
Management class . . . (Blank for default management class)
Storage class . . . . (Blank for default storage class)
Volume serial . . . . (Blank for system default volume) **
Device type . . . . . (Generic unit or device address) **
Data class . . . . . . (Blank for default data class)
Space units . . . . . MB (BLKS, TRKS, CYLS, KB, MB, BYTES
or RECORDS)
Average record unit (M, K, or U)
Primary quantity . . 50 (In above units)
Secondary quantity 50 (In above units)
Directory blocks . . 0 (Zero for sequential data set) *
Record format . . . . U
Record length . . . . 0
Block size . . . . . 32760
Data set name type LIBRARY (LIBRARY, HFS, PDS, LARGE, BASIC, *
Data set version . : 1 EXTREQ, EXTPREF or blank)
Num of generations : 0
Extended Attributes (NO, OPT or blank)
Expiration date . . . (YY/MM/DD, YYYY/MM/DD
Enter "/" to select option YY.DDD, YYYY.DDD in Julian form
Allocate Multiple Volumes DDDD for retention period in days
or blank) |
I was writing some JCL and wanted it to define the LIBRARY dataset. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to specify MegaBytes (MB).
When I look in the manual under SPACE, there is nothing about MB.
When I try the following:
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//OUT DD DSNAME=ROGER.TEST2.LOADE,
// UNIT=SYSDA,
// DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),SPACE=(MB,(5,5,5)),
// DCB=(DSORG=PO,RECFM=U,BLKSIZE=32760,LRECL=0),
// DSNTYPE=LIBRARY |
I get the following error:
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| 12 IEF644I INVALID NUMERIC IN THE SPACE FIELD |
At first I thought it was maybe the directory block value, so I tried:
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//OUT DD DSNAME=ROGER.TEST2.LOADE,
// UNIT=SYSDA,
// DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),SPACE=(MB,(5,5)),
// DCB=(DSORG=PO,RECFM=U,BLKSIZE=32760,LRECL=0),
// DSNTYPE=LIBRARY |
But I got the same error.
Anybody got any ideas what I'm doing wrong? It would seem illogical that it cannot be done via JCL.
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Roger Lacroix
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| bruce2359 |
| Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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The AVGREC= parameter is a multiplier: U=units, K=thousands, M=millions
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.ieab600/xddavgr.htm
SPACE=(spaceunits,(primary,secondary,directoryblocks)), AVGREC=K will multiply primary and secondary by thousands
//OUT DD DSNAME=ROGER.TEST2.LOADE,
// UNIT=SYSDA,
// DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),SPACE=(32760,(5,5,100)),AVGREC=K,
// DCB=(DSORG=PO,RECFM=U,BLKSIZE=32760,LRECL=0),
// DSNTYPE=LIBRARY
In this JCL, you will get 5 thousand 32760 byte blocks primary, 5 thousand 32760 byte blocks secondary, 100 directory blocks, all in a PDS/E.
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| RogerLacroix |
| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2020 2:47 pm Post subject: |
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| RogerLacroix |
| Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:16 pm Post subject: |
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| bruce2359 wrote: |
| In this JCL, you will get 5 thousand 32760 byte blocks primary, 5 thousand 32760 byte blocks secondary, 100 directory blocks, all in a PDS/E. |
Man this shit makes your head spin. 
I needed 3MB of disk space, so I tried your example then check the info for the dataset and it said 6% utilization. I shock my head then realize that "5 thousand 32760 byte blocks" is 156MB. So, I played around with it and decided AVGREC should be in Units (rather than thousands) and I went with the following:
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//OUT DD DSNAME=ROGER.TEST.LOAD,
// UNIT=SYSDA,AVGREC=U,
// DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),SPACE=(32760,(100,100,10)),
// DCB=(DSORG=PO,RECFM=U,BLKSIZE=32760,LRECL=0),
// DSNTYPE=LIBRARY |
When I checked the info on the dataset, it shows an allocation of 3.19MB which is just fine.
| bruce2359 wrote: |
| SPACE=(spaceunits,(primary,secondary,directoryblocks)) |
The real question I have is what is the purpose of "spaceunits"? Could I not use "1" and then do regular math?
i.e.
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//OUT DD DSNAME=ROGER.TEST.LOAD,
// UNIT=SYSDA,AVGREC=M,
// DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),SPACE=(1,(3,1,10)),
// DCB=(DSORG=PO,RECFM=U,BLKSIZE=32760,LRECL=0),
// DSNTYPE=LIBRARY |
Would that allocate 3MB (3 million 1 byte blocks) of disk space or is the "spaceunits" somehow used in the DCB settings?
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| bruce2359 |
| Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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Your OP started with LIBRARY, a partitioned dataset/extended. I followed your lead.
What do you really need?
Do you need a pds or pds/e (a library)? Or, just 3MB of disk space? Do you need 32760 block size of pds/e space?
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This will create 3M with the specs you provided initially, but not a library/pds.
//NEW DD DISP=(NEW,CATLG),DSN=YOUR.DSN,
// SPACE=(1,3), RECFM=U,LRECL=0,AVGREC=M,BLKSIZE=32760
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| bruce2359 wrote: |
This will create 3M with the specs you provided initially, but not a library/pds.
//NEW DD DISP=(NEW,CATLG),DSN=YOUR.DSN,
// SPACE=(1,3), RECFM=U,LRECL=0,AVGREC=M,BLKSIZE=32760 |
If it must be a pds/e:
//NEW DD DISP=(NEW,CATLG),DSN=YOUR.DSN,DSNTYPE=LIBRARY,
// SPACE=(1,(3,,100)), RECFM=U,LRECL=0,AVGREC=M,BLKSIZE=32760
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| RogerLacroix |
| Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2020 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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Yup. The dataset type must be Library. The members of the dataset occupy a little over 2MB of space.
So, the 'spaceunits' value has no influence over anything for DCB settings? i.e. BLKSIZE
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| RogerLacroix wrote: |
Yup. The dataset type must be Library. The members of the dataset occupy a little over 2MB of space.
So, the 'spaceunits' value has no influence over anything for DCB settings? i.e. BLKSIZE
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc. |
Well, yes and no.
Spaceunits is most often specified in IBM-3390 DASD device technical characteristics:
TRK (56,664 bytes
CYL (849,960 bytes)
blocklength
recordength
Primary specifies how many spaceunits to allocate now. Secondary, if specified, specifies how many spaceunits to allocate when primary is exhausted.
BLKSIZE specifies the unit-of-transfer between central storage and the device.
End-users don’t understand or care about techie stuff, so JCL was enhanced to allow K- and M-bytes multiplier with AVGREC.
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