81⟩ What is the biggest disadvantage of using a VSAM dataset?
FREE SPACE ( FPSC )
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86 VSAM Questions And Answers
82⟩ How many times secondary space allocated?
122 TIMES
83⟩ What is the RRN for the first record in RRDS?
The answer is : 1
84⟩ If FSPC(100 100) is specified does it mean that both the control interval and control area will be left empty because 100 % of both CI and CA are specified to be empty?
No, they would not be left empty. one record will be written in each CI and 1 CI will be written for each CA.
85⟩ What is the device independent method to indicate where a Record is Stored?
By USING RBA (Relative Byte Address).
86⟩ What is a Base Cluste?
The Index and data components of a KSDS
