Answer Posted / sasankh

i think 32760 is max. record length for the vsam dataset.

Explain the index set?

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explain the differences between vsam and non-vsam files

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What is a ci split?

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differentiate between sequential files and esds files in vsam?

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explain how can you initialize a vsam file before any operation?

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explain in brief how you can create a vsam file?

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what is the meaning of each of the values in shareopts(2 3)?

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Tell me how many alternate indexes you can have on a dataset?

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how many buffers are allocated to vsam ksds and esds?

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What is the main function of linear dataset?

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what do you mean by the repro command?

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Define base cluster?

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What are the information stored in ci?

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What are the common vsam error conditions and codes?

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Define a path?

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