https://JSnetSystems.github.io/tags/pax/My Tech Info SiteHugo 0.154.2 & FixIt v0.4.0-betaenSat, 08 Jan 2022 13:16:42 -0500https://JSnetSystems.github.io/posts/zfs_post/Sat, 08 Jan 2022 13:16:42 -0500https://JSnetSystems.github.io/posts/zfs_post/Mainframe<p><img loading="lazy" src='https://JSnetSystems.github.io/posts/zfs_post/cover_zFS.jpeg' alt="Character Encoding for USS" height="722" width="1720"></p> <p>Needed to increase the size of a zFS mounted dataset the other day. I will just provide the link to IBM website for the details but instead of duplicating everthing here, but I wasn&rsquo;t aware this could be done with the pax command instead of the DFSMS REPRO command.</p> <blockquote> <p>Snippet example from the IBM site</p> </blockquote> <pre><code>//SYSTSIN DD * OSHELL /usr/sbin/mount -t ZFS -f PLEX.OLD.AGGR002.LDS0002 + /service2 ; + /usr/sbin/mount -t ZFS -f PLEX.NEW.AGGR002.LDS0002 /service3 ; + cd /service2 ; + pax -rwvCMX -p eW . /service3 ; /* </code></pre> <p>IBM link <a href="https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.4.0?topic=iscma-copying-each-file-directory-aggregate-larger-data-set" target="_blank" rel="external nofollow noopener noreferrer">LARGER dataset</a></p>