Space Monitor utility

The Space Monitor utility provides information about data set space utilization.

Use the following topics to learn about and use the Space Monitor utility.

Overview of Space Monitor
The Space Monitor utility assists the users to forecast potential space utilization problems of IMS full-function database data sets that HD Pointer Checker supports, and OS data sets (including VSAM data sets).
Using Space Monitor
Use the following topics to monitor space utilization of data sets with the Space Monitor utility.
JCL examples for Space Monitor
Use the following examples to prepare Space Monitor JCL.
Available data set extents and last space
The following topics describe how the Space Monitor utility checks the number of available extents for the data set, and whether there is enough space left or not on the DASD volume.
Space Monitor Site Default Generation utility
The Space Monitor Site Default Generation utility (SPMN Site Default Generation utility) enables you to use your own default value for the Space Monitor control statements. It runs as a batch job.