Do all versions of the GDG have to be of the same record
length ? is it possible to ovverride the dcb of the model
dataset?

Answer Posted / st

You can create whatever file length you want for any new
GDG version you create. Infact, when you create a GSD base,
it will not ask for any DCB parameters...

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