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Status Not under consideration
Workspace z/OS
Categories DFSMS VSAM
Created by Guest
Created on Jan 4, 2017

RELATED IDEAS

Espansion problem on DB2 table allocated on Storage group with available free space

DB2 for z/OS does not elect to reuse the space that it freed up on the first volume of multivolume vsam dat set.
DFSMS will not and cannot know it is available for reuse.
Since the data set is a Linear Data Set, it is up to the
application to determine where its records can be in the space that has
been allocated.

Idea priority Urgent
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Dec 1, 2017

    This request may not be delivered within the release currently under development, but the theme is aligned with the current multi-year strategy. IBM may consider and evaluate any RFE Community feedback for this request through activities such as voting. IBM will update this request in the future.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 21, 2017

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - z Systems Software
    Product - z/OS
    Component - DFSMS VSAM
    Operating system - IBM z/OS
    Source - Other

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Analytics Platform
    Product family - DB2 for z/OS
    Product - DB2 for z/OS
    Component - Usability
    Operating system - IBM z/OS
    Source - Other

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