If you are running an MVS server under V2, check chpater 4 in the Admin
GUIDE.  I don't know if it is the same chapter in the same manual on other
platforms.

Jerry Lawson
jlawson AT thehartford DOT com


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Subject: Re: Reclaiming DB space on MVS server
Author:  INTERNET.OWNERAD at SNADGATE
Date:    4/8/97 5:01 PM


     I had a similar problem long ago where I had several small data base
     volumes and I want fewer larger ones. I had to reallocate and delete
     the old volume (which effectively will move it to the new one).


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Subject: Reclaiming DB space on MVS server
Author:  "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> at ~internet
Date:    4/8/97 3:49 PM


Folks,

   My teammate who handles the MVS ADSM server is investigating how to
reduce the database size.  We recently split into 3 STCs and the original
database is now over-sized.

He has been told that you cannot delete a volume from the database without
having enough space available to replace the entire volume as a whole.
Obviously, this does nothing as far as reclaiming any space.

Have any of you had any experience in reclaiming database space?

Daniel Thompson
Storage/Automation Management - USAA
thompsod AT usaa DOT com