Install DASD devices

Over the years, IBM has developed various DASD devices (aka: Hard Drives(in the PC world)).

Hercules has emulated those DASD devices and MVS-TK5 uses them for storage.

This will focus on two of those: the 3350 and the newer, bigger 3390.

One enhancement in the update from TK4- to TK5 was consolidating the System from multiple DASD devices onto a few 3390 devices.

But, depending on the purpose, a 3350 could be all that is needed and there is a difference in the way the two different devices are created and added to the System so it is worth looking at both.

The available 3350 and 3390 DASD devices as defined in SYS1.SYSGEN.CNTL(IOGEN):

There are other devices but they are removed from this list.

//*  DASD devices
//*
//*  ! Devt ! Cua - Cua ! Cua - Cua ! Cua - Cua ! Cua - Cua ! Cua - Cua !
//*  !------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------!-----------!
//*  ! 3350 !           ! 140 - 14F ! 240 - 24F ! 340 - 34F !           !
//*  !      !           !           !           !           !           !
//*  !      !           !  Shared   !  Shared   !           !           !
//*  !      !           !  DASD     !  DASD     !           !           !
//*  !------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------!-----------!
//*  !      !           !           !           !           !           !
//*  ! 3390 ! 190-19F   ! 290 - 29F ! 1F0 - 1FF ! 2F0 - 2FF ! 390 - 39F !
//*  !      !           !           !           !           !           !
//*  !      ! Shared    !  Shared   !           !           !           !
//*  !      ! DASD      !  DASD     !           !           !           !
//*  !      !           !           !           !           !           !
//*

This is the list of currently defined and used DASD devices in the MVS-TK5 System:

//*  DASD devices
//*
//*  ! Devt ! Cua - Cua ! Cua - Cua ! Cua - Cua ! Cua - Cua ! Cua - Cua !
//*  !------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------!-----------!
//*  ! 3350 !           ! 140 - 14F ! 240 - 24F ! 340 - 34F !           !
//*  !      !           !           !           !           !           !
//*  !      !           !           !page00.248 !           !           !
//*  !      !           !           !spool0.249 !           !           !
//*  !      !           !           !           !           !           !
//*  !------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------!-----------!
//*  ! 3380 ! 180 - 18F ! 280 - 28F ! 1E0 - 1EF ! 2E0 - 2EF ! 380 - 38F !
//*  !      !           !           !           !           !           !
//*  !      !           !           !           !           !int001.380 !
//*  !      !           !           !           !           !           !
//*  !------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------!-----------!
//*  !      !           !           !           !           !           !
//*  ! 3390 ! 190-19F   ! 290 - 29F ! 1F0 - 1FF ! 2F0 - 2FF ! 390 - 39F !
//*  !      !           !           !           !           !           !
//*  !      !tso001.190 !work01.290 !           !           !tk5res.390 !
//*  !      !tso002.191 !work02.291 !           !           !tk5cat.391 !
//*  !      !tso003.192 !work03.292 !           !           !tk5dlb.392 !
//*  !      !           !work04.293 !           !           !           !
//*  !      !           !tk5001.298 !           !           !           !
//*  !      !           !tk5002.299 !           !           !           !
//*  !      !           !           !           !           !           !
//*  !------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------!-----------!
//*

If you install the CBT, SRC and SYSCPK volumes they will be:

//*  DASD devices
//*
//*  ! Devt ! Cua - Cua ! Cua - Cua ! Cua - Cua ! Cua - Cua ! Cua - Cua !
//*  !------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------!-----------!
//*  ! 3350 !           ! 140 - 14F ! 240 - 24F ! 340 - 34F !           !
//*  !      !           !           !           !           !           !
//*  !      !           !           !syscpk.247 !cbt000.340 !           !
//*  !      !           !           !           !cbt001.341 !           !
//*  !      !           !           !           !cbt002.342 !           !
//*  !      !           !           !           !cbtcat.343 !           !
//*  !      !           !           !           !src000.348 !           !
//*  !      !           !           !           !src001.349 !           !
//*  !      !           !           !           !src002.34a !           !
//*  !      !           !           !           !srccat.34b !           !
//*  !      !           !           !           !           !           !
//*  !------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------!-----------!

The file you create cannot have the same “extension” as an existing file and depending on the volume you want to create, must be in the ranges specified for that DASD type.