52839 - The FILEBLKSIZE option for 3490E or 3590 cannot be set to a value greater than 64K

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Problem Note 52839: The FILEBLKSIZE option for 3490E or 3590 cannot be set to a value greater than 64K

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In SAS^® 9.4 M1 and earlier, the maximum value allowed for the SAS system options FILEBLKSIZE(3490E) and FILEBLKSIZE(3590) is 64K. IBM supports a maximum block size for tape cartridges of 256K.

Starting in SAS 9.4 M2, if you have also specified the SAS system option FILELBI, the maximum value that you can specify for FILEBLKSIZE(3490E) or FILEBLKSIZE(3590E) is 256K. If you do not specify the FILELBI option, the maximum value for the FILEBLKSIZE options remains 32K.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	z/OS	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M2

* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	medium

Date Modified:	2014-09-11 15:07:52
Date Created:	2014-04-29 09:35:06