a dasd stg pool can have more than 1 vsam data set; adsm will
distribute the backups; as a matter of fact you are better off
with several smaller vols than 1 big one, because you can get
better performance.

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== Original Message ==
== Original Message ==

> This question seems simple to me, but we can't seem to find the answer in a
> manual......
>
> We are trying to allocate (on an MVS Server) a DASD Pool that exceeds the
> physical size of 1 volume.  Is there a way with the VSAM define to specify
> that the data set will span volumes, or should we allocate 2 data sets (one on
> each volume).  If the later is the case, how do you pick up the second volume
> with the administrator when you assign the data sets to a storage pool?