UNIT

Use the UNIT keyword to specify the physical device type to be used for a data set accessed by dynamic allocation. Use the keyword also to specify the number of physical devices to be allocated.

Use

UNIT is an optional keyword for the following subcommands:

ACTIVITY_FILECTL
DISCARD_FILECTL
IC
MODIFY
OFILECTL
PLAN_FILECTL

UNIT is a required keyword for the ADD subcommand.

Related keywords

DSNAME
STACK_NAME

Syntax

UNIT=(name[,count])

Parameters

Specify values for the parameters as follows:

Value	Description
name	Specify a 1-character to 8-character alphanumeric name of the device type to which the image copy is written.
count	Specify the number of devices. Valid values range from 1 to 59.

Default

The default value for the count parameter is 1: UNIT=(,1)

Alias

None