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.

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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 through 59.

Default

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

Alias

None

 

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