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It defines the cross-region and cross-system sharing
capabilities of the dataset. Syntax is SHR(Crvalue, CSvalue)
value 1 means multiple read OR single write (read integrity)
2 means multiple read AND single write (Write integrity) 3
means Multiple read AND multiple write 4 is same as 3, which
refreshes the buffer with every random access. default is
SHR(1 .

Explain what are the optional parameters to the input dataset while loading the empty cluster with the data records?

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in vsam at the creation of cluster what is the use of RECSZ parameter?

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in what type of vsam datasets can an alternate index be defined??

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what is the use of the file status clause in the select statement in vsam?

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What is the biggest disadvantage of using a vsam dataset?

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What do you mean by RDW in VSAM?

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How are records stored in an ESDS, entry sequenced dataset?

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why do we use vsam file thn seqential files ?

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how can you copy to a vsam cluster?

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