SMALLDATASETPACKING and NOSMALLDATASETPACKING: Specifying small data set packing on the level 1 volume

Explanation: SMALLDATASETPACKING and NOSMALLDATASETPACKING are mutually exclusive, optional subparameters of the MIGRATION parameter specifying whether small data set packing can be done on the migration level 1 volume.
SMALLDATASETPACKING
specifies that small data set packing can be done on the migration level 1 volume.
NOSMALLDATASETPACKING
specifies that small data set packing cannot be done on the migration level 1 volume.
Defaults: If you are adding a migration level 1 volume to DFSMShsm, the default is NOSMALLDATASETPACKING. If you are changing the attributes of a volume and do not specify either subparameter, the small data set packing status does not change.
Note:
  1. The SMALLDATASETPACKING and NOSMALLDATASETPACKING subparameters do not apply to the MIGRATIONLEVEL2 subparameter. If you specify the SMALLDATASETPACKING or NOSMALLDATASETPACKING parameter when it does not apply, DFSMShsm ignores it.
  2. Before small data set packing can be done on a migration level 1 volume, you must define a VSAM key-sequenced data set as the small-data-set-packing data set on the migration level 1 volume. Refer to the z/OS DFSMShsm Implementation and Customization Guide for details about how to allocate the small-data-set-packing data set. In addition, the SMALLDATASETPACKING parameter must be specified with the SETSYS command. Small-data-set-packing data sets are not required on all migration level 1 volumes.
  3. The number of SDSP data sets defined must be at least equal to the maximum number of concurrent volume migration tasks that could be executing in your complex. Additional SDSPs are recommended for RECALL processing and ABARS processing and if some SDSPs should become full during migration.