MGMTCLAS not used during a re-allocating

Products

• Allocate DASD Space and Placement

Issue/Introduction

If a file is restored indicating a new management class, the file is restored but with the original management class.

 

 

Environment

Release : 12.5

Resolution

The Allocate product (VAM) does not have the ability to delete the existing pre-allocated data set. Further, even if VAM were to delete the existing pre-allocated data set, the deletion of the data set would cause logic errors in the DFDSS RESTORE function.