Implementing and Using
Extended-Addressing Volumes
(EAV)
Session 15904
Steve Pryor
DTS Software, Inc.
steve@dtssoftware.com
Agenda
What are EAV Volumes?
History and current status
Architecture and addressing
z/OS changes for EAV
DSCBs, program support, DFSMS
SRS, ACC, and vendor support of EAV
How to Create and Use EAV
Advantages and Disadvantages
Why EAV?
Running out of addressable disks
4-digit device number limits total available devices
Larger Volumes
More data under one roof
Fewer total volsers to manage
What is an EAV Volume?
More than 65,520 cylinders on a single volser
IBM 3390-A (DS8000) or equiv (Hit UVM, VMAX, etc)
Introduced in z/OS 1.10 for up to 223 GB
Track format and tracks/cyl identical to current 3390
SMS or non-SMS
Volume divided into two areas:
Track-managed space
Cylinder-managed space
What Data Can Reside on an EAV?
varies depending upon z/OS release
Maximum Volume Sizes
EAV introduced in z/OS R1.10
Theoretical max size of 268,434,453 cyls (225TB)
3390-A
“EAV”
3390-54
3390-27
3390-3 3390-9
223GB – 1TB
3 GB 9 GB 27 GB 54 GB Max Cyls 262,688
Max cyls: 3,339 Max cyls: 10,017 Max cyls: 32,760 Max cyls: 65,520 to 1,182,006
EAV Architecture Terms
Multicylinder Unit
(MCU/MAU) = 21
cylinders
Cylinders
Beyond first
Extended-addressing space
(Cylinder-Managed space) BreakPointValue
65,520
Cylinders
EAS
(BPV)
EAS-eligible – can
65K 'line'
reside anywhere on
Cylinders Base Addressing space
EAV
0 – 65,519 (Track-Managed Space)
EAV
Changes due to EAV
Changes in DSCBs
Changes in size of VTOC, VTOCIX, VVDS
Changes in track addressing format
Changes in program parameters and processing
Changes in report field sizes
EAS-Eligible Datasets
1TB vol
EAV 3
EAV 2 V1R13
EAV 1 V1R12
V1R11
z /O S V1R10
2010
2009
2008
EAS:
EAS: S e q u e n tia l
EAS:
e x te n d e d PDS, PDSE
VSAM fo r m a t
o b je c ts BDAM
s e q u e n tia l
F o rm a t 8 BCS, VVDS
E A T T R a ttr ib u t e
DSCBs S p o o l d a ta s e ts
A u to m a tic V T O C
M ig r a tio n r e b u ild
tra c k e r
Non-EAS-Eligible Data
May still reside in track-managed space
VTOC, VTOCIX, HFS, page datasets
Certain XRC and SYS1
VSAM imbed/keyrange, or incompatible CA
size (old alloc not 1,3,5,7,9,or 15)
Just about all user data is now EAS-eligible
Including DB2, IMS, CICS, zFS, NFS
FTP allocation is no longer a barrier to EAS use
DSCB Changes
Format-4
EAV indicator, cylinder count, MAU
Extended-Attribute DSCBs (EADSCBs)
Format-8
Similar to F1DSCB, chains to F9DSCB
Format-9
Similar to F3DSCB, but:
Can point to additional F3DSCB or F9DSCB
Direct pointers to F3DSCBs
Additional metadata: jobname, stepname, crtime, vendor.
DSCB Changes
Format-8 Format-3
F3 Format-3
Format-9
Extended addressing F3
space F3
Format-3
…
F3
Up to 10
VVDS
Format-3
Base addressing
space
VTOC Format-1 Format-3
VTOCIX Up to 10
8K blocks Format-3
EAV
EAV Addressing
Old 16-bit Cylinder Addressing Format
Max cyl
65,520
CC HH
maximum value x'FF F0 00 0F'
C C H H
New 28-bit Cylinder Addressing Format
The '000' in the HH field becomes high order
cylinder number
X'CCCCcccH' – as stored
X'cccCCCCH – as used
cccCCCC:H – normalized (i.e, as printed)
EAV Addressing
Track-managed space
The high-order cylinder no. is zero
Sample addresses
X'FF F0 00 0E' – cylinder 65,520, track 14
X'00 00 00 1E' – cylinder 65,536, track 14
TRKADDR macro or IECTRKAD routine
Converts, compares, and calculates track addresses
Possible, but not necessary, for programs to do 28-bit
calculations
28-bit Cylinder Addressing Format
EAV
Extended
addressing space
x CCCCcccH
cylinder-managed
CCHH space
(xCCCC000H)
track-managed
space
32760 Cyl 65520 Cyl
10017 Cyl Base addressing
3339 Cyl
space
Model 3 Model 9 Model 9 Model 9 Model A
3 GB 9 GB 27 GB 54 GB 100's of TB
EAV Programming Support
Changes for new DSCBs, cylinder addressing
EADSCB=OK keyword
Indicates program understands F8/F9/28-bit cyls
OBTAIN, CVAF macros (CVAFDIR/FILT/SEQ, etc.)
DCBE (for EXCP open, VTOC open)
EAV Programming Support
Other programs
Any channel program without OPEN
Usually, VTOC readers
Size calculations or track addresses with CCHHR
LSPACE, DEVTYPE – new keywords and plists
Any readers of VVDS, or DEB extents
EAV Programming Support
New SMF fields
SMF14EADSCB → EADSCB=OK on DCBE
SMF14EXCPBPAM → BSAM/QSAM and EXCP
SMF19 → LSPACE statistics expanded
SMF6x → VSAM cylinder numbers expanded
SMF74-1 → new RMF device capacity field
Migration Assistance Tracker
Uses Console ID tracking facility (APAR II113752)
SETCON and D OPTDATA, TRACKING commands
Identify VTOC access errors needing
EADSCB=OK
OBTAIN, CVAFxxx, OPEN VTOC, OPEN EXCP
Identify programs that may need new services
LSPACE, DEVTYPE, IDCAMS DCOLLECT
Warn of possible errors parsing 28-bit cyls
IEHLIST LISTVTOC, IDCAMS LISTCAT, LISTDATA
PINNED
EAS Attribute
EATTR= NO/OPT/blank
Added in z/OS 1.11, recorded in F1DSCB
Use to prevent downlevel (1.10, 1.11) systems from
failing when restoring EAS datasets
Available via JCL, dynalloc, DEFINE, dataclas, etc.
EAS Dataset Allocation
No
EAS-eligible type
of dataset?
Yes Allocate in
TRK-managed
space
No
EATTR=OPT?
Yes
No
Space req > BPV?
Allocate in
Yes CYL-managed
space
Setting Up EAV
SYS1.PARMLIB(IGDSMSxx)
USEEAV = YES/NO
BreakPointValue=cyls
May be specified in SG definition
ICKDSF INIT volume or use Dynamic Volume
Expansion
DEVSUPxx REFVTOC=ENABLE automatically expands
VTOC for DVE
Set dataclas EATTR=OPT if needed
Allocate and copy/move data
Vendor Products and EAV
Allocation Control Center
Dataset allocation management
SET EATTR
Device selection and pooling
Storage Control Center MONitor
Dataset and device reporting and monitoring
Cautions
Insure sufficient DSCBs when INITializing EAV
max DSNs = EAV cyls / (VTOC trks*50)
ICKDSF REFORMAT EXTVTOC or NEWVTOC
IGGCATxx VVDSSPACE sets VVDS size
Max VVDS size 5460 trk → 5825 cyl
Enable HyperPAV to prevent queuing on 1 UCB
Use EATTR=NO to prevent restore problems
with EAS datasets restored to pre-z/OS 1.12
systems
Further Reading and Documentation
Redbooks
z/OS V1.13 Technical Update SG24-7961
z/OS V1.13 Implementation SG24-7946
Manuals
DFSMSdfp Advanced Services SC26-7400
Chapter 7.6 – TRKADDR macro
Appendix C – Using the EAV Migration Assistance Tracker
DFSMS Using the New Functions SC26-7473
Questions?
Steve@dtssoftware.com
770.922.2444 x162
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