Table of Contents
- Preparing for Open Disk Technology
- Defining the Data Set
- Record Description
- Data Set Logical Option
- Data Set Physical Options
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- ALLOCATE Option
- AREAS and AREASIZE Options
- AVERAGE RECORD SIZE Option
- BLOCKSIZE Option
- BUFFERS Option
- CCSVERSION Option
- CHECKSUM Option
- DATAENCRYPT Option
- DATAEXCHANGE Option
- DATAMASK Option
- DIGITCHECK Option
- Disk/Pack Option
- DUMPENCRYPT Option
- DUMPSTAMP Option
- EXTENDED Attribute
- ILOB COMPRESSION Option
- MEMORY RESIDENT Option
- LOCK TO MODIFY DETAILS Option
- LOGACCESS Option
- LOGACCESSDMVERBS Option
- OPEN PARTITIONS Option
- PARTITION Option
- POPULATION Option
- POPULATIONINCR Option
- POPULATIONWARN Option
- REBLOCK and REBLOCKFACTOR Options
- RECORDCOUNT Option
- SECTIONS Option
- SECURITYGUARD Option
- STRENCRYPT Option
- SUBBLOCKSIZE Option
- VSSWARN Option
- VSS2OPTIMIZE Option
- VSS3OPTIMIZE Option
- Example of Data Set Physical Options
- 16BITALIAS Option
A data set is a file containing data. The elements of the file are records or members that are composed of items. An item can contain data; it can contain control information, or it can be a data set, set, subset, Access, remap, or link item.
A data set is similar to a file in that it contains data; however, it differs from a conventional file in the following respects:
