Managing file and table sizes
Overview of Capabilities
Because of the hashed nature of Tables A and C, these tables can only be changed with the CREATE command during a file reorganisation.
The other tables may be modified using the INCREASE and DECREASE command, as follows:
Command Description Exclusive Access? Limitations INCREASE dataset Add an additional dataset to a Model 204 file. No A model 204 file may have up to 255 datasets
The additional pages are formatted as free space
INCREASE TABLEB Move pages from free space to Table B No, but the DYNAMIC sub-parameter
is required if you don't have exclusive
accesssegment boundaries need to be taken into account
the MAXINCBP parameter needs to be set if you wish to increase
Table B beyond the current segment boundary.INCREASE TABLEE or
TABLEXMove pages from free space to this table No Up to maximum table size