Characteristics prohibited in your request

To be satisfied by an existing allocation, your request must not specify any of the following:
  • Data set sequence number.
  • DCB reference.
  • Label type.
  • Parallel mounting.
  • Path name.
  • Private volume.
  • Unit count.
  • Unit description. (If the dsname is in the form “&dsname”, the unit name description is ignored.)
  • Volume count.
  • Volume reference.
  • Volume sequence number.
  • Attributes represented by text units keys from X'8000' through X'BFFF'.
  • Start of changeInsulated DD attribute. End of change
Parent topic: Using an existing allocation to fulfill a dsname allocation request