How much SPACE to specify in JCL for a “new” dataset?
A. Click here for an example. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q. Where are the naming standards? A. Click here for the CSD Operations page. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q. Is it a Mainframe Systems problem or a Network Systems problem? A. It depends on where the problem is occuring. If no applications on the Mainframe can be accessed, then it probably is a Network Systems problem. If some applications on the Mainframe can be accessed while others are not available, then it probably is a Mainframe Systems problem. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q. What does CICS stand for? A. Customer Information Control System ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q. What will the PDS utility do for me in TSO? A. PDS offers numberous tools for working with PDS datasets. To invoke enter TSO PDS. Two of the most useful tools are displaying a loa
Normally, you don’t specify space, as the System Managed Storage (SMS) system handles that task. If. however, you wish to override that, then the answer will depend on your shop’s standards. In our shop, space is calculated as follows: Primary Tracks = (LRECL * MAX # of records) / 56664 Primary Space = (BLKSIZE / LRECL) * 2 * Primary Tracks Primary Space = Primary Space / 1000 Secondary Tracks = (LRECL * (MAX # of records * .
