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Below KE file can be FB??

PostPosted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 3:07 pm
by arya_starc
I see the properties of one KE file. Is there any possibility that this KE file can be VB by the below properties?

Dataset Organization:      VSAM KSDS (Key Sequence Dataset)                    
 Cluster Name:              JVPS.AY.SMSPARM.KE                           Volume
 Data:                      JVPS.AY.SMSPARM.KE.DATA                      TVP235
 Index:                     JVPS.AY.SMSPARM.KE.INDEX                     TVP235
                                                                               
 Dataset Definition:                 Component Allocation:    Data       Index  
    Key Position                 1      CISIZE                4096        3584  
    Key Length                  19      Allocation Unit       CYLS        TRKS  
    Average record size       1619      Primary                  4          10  
    Maximum record size       1619      Secondary                4          10  
    Share options              2,3      Extents used             2           1  
    Buffer space             11776   Allocation Parameters:                    
 SMS Information:                       Load restartable                    NO  
    Storage class         SCNORMAL      Write check                         NO  
    Data class              (NULL)      Erase on delete                     NO  
    Management class       MCNOMIG      Reuse option                       YES  
 Activity Dates:                        Spanned records                     NO  
    Creation date       2016/11/30                                              
    Expiration date                                                            
 

Re: Below KE file can be FB??

PostPosted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 3:33 pm
by enrico-sorichetti
see here for all(almost) You might want to know about VSAM

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/s ... .html?Open

and the implications of having Average record size = Maximum record size

Re: Below KE file can be FB??

PostPosted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 4:53 pm
by NicC
As fr as I know there is no such thing as a 'KE' file. What you are showing is a KSDS VSAM dataset (not a file).