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[Mike Nitz]

I'm trying to run the following code:

ADDRESS TSO
"FREE DDNAME(DD1)"
"ALLOC DDNAME(DD1) VOLUME(DBPD01) UNIT(SYSDA) OLD"

But am getting the following:

>O> "ALLOC DDNAME(DD1) VOLUME(DBPD01) UNIT(SYSDA) OLD"
+++ RC(12) +++

Is it possible to allocate a volume like this??

I've searched the ALLOC command & all the examples seem to require that I allocate a dataset, but this is not what the IDCAMS program needs when trying to delete a VVR entry.

[Mike Nitz]

I've figured it out. You have to specify the SYS1.VVDS dsname in the allocation. Works like it's supposed to then.

[expat]

What about, because sometimes the VVDS name .............