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Create partitioned data sets (PDS)

Usage

zowe zos-files create data-set-partitioned <dataSetName> [options]

Positional Arguments

• dataSetName (string)

  • The name of the data set that you want to create

Options

• --block-size | --bs | --blksize (number)

  • The block size for the data set (for example, 6160)

    Default value: 6160

• --data-class | --dc (string)

  • The SMS data class to use for the allocation

• --data-set-type | --dst | --dsntype (string)

  • The data set type

• --device-type | --dt | --unit (string)

  • The device type, also known as 'unit'

• --directory-blocks | --db | --dirblks (number)

  • The number of directory blocks (for example, 25)

    Default value: 5

• --management-class | --mc (string)

  • The SMS management class to use for the allocation

• --primary-space | --ps (number)

  • The primary space allocation (for example, 5)

    Default value: 1

• --record-format | --rf | --recfm (string)

  • The record format for the data set (for example, FB for "Fixed Block")

    Default value: FB

• --record-length | --rl | --lrecl (number)

  • The logical record length. Analogous to the length of a line (for example, 80)

    Default value: 80

• --secondary-space | --ss (number)

  • The secondary space allocation (for example, 1)

• --show-attributes | --pa (boolean)

  • Show the full allocation attributes

• --size | --sz (string)

  • The size of the data set (specified as nCYL or nTRK - where n is the number of cylinders or tracks). Sets the primary allocation (the secondary allocation becomes ~10% of the primary).

• --storage-class | --sc (string)

  • The SMS storage class to use for the allocation

• --volume-serial | --vs | --volser (string)

  • The volume serial (VOLSER) on which you want the data set to be placed. A VOLSER is analogous to a drive name on a PC.

• --responseTimeout | --rto (number)

  • The maximum amount of time in seconds the z/OSMF Files TSO servlet should run before returning a response. Any request exceeding this amount of time will be terminated and return an error. Allowed values: 5 - 600

Zosmf Connection Options

• --host | -H (string)

  • The z/OSMF server host name.

• --port | -P (number)

  • The z/OSMF server port.

    Default value: 443

• --user | -u (string)

  • Mainframe (z/OSMF) user name, which can be the same as your TSO login.

• --password | --pass | --pw (string)

  • Mainframe (z/OSMF) password, which can be the same as your TSO password.

• --reject-unauthorized | --ru (boolean)

  • Reject self-signed certificates.

    Default value: true

• --base-path | --bp (string)

  • The base path for your API mediation layer instance. Specify this option to prepend the base path to all z/OSMF resources when making REST requests. Do not specify this option if you are not using an API mediation layer.

Profile Options

• --zosmf-profile | --zosmf-p (string)

  • The name of a (zosmf) profile to load for this command execution.

• --base-profile | --base-p (string)

  • The name of a (base) profile to load for this command execution.

Base Connection Options

• --token-type | --tt (string)

  • The type of token to get and use for the API. Omit this option to use the default token type, which is provided by 'zowe auth login'.

• --token-value | --tv (string)

  • The value of the token to pass to the API.

Examples

• Create an empty PDS with default parameters:

  • zowe zos-files create data-set-partitioned NEW.PDS.DATASET Copy