EXPAND PAGE

The EXPAND PAGE utility increases the page size of an area by transferring a database file to a new file with an expanded block size.

Authorization

To	You need this privilege	On
Expand the pages of a file	DBAWRITE	All areas that map to the file.

EXPAND PAGE Syntax

►►─── EXPAND page for FILE segment-name.file-name ───────────────────────────►

 ►─── INTO ddname ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────►

 ►─── NEWSIZE new-page-size ─────────────────────────────────────────────────►◄

EXPAND PAGE Parameter

FILE: Specifies the file whose pages are to be expanded.
segment-name: The name of the segment associated with the file.
file-name: The name of the file.
INTO: Specifies the external name of the output file.
ddname: The external z/OS or CMS name of the new file.
filename: The external z/VSE name of the new file.
NEWSIZE: Specifies the new page size.
new-page-size: The new page size, in bytes. The new page size must be a multiple of four and greater than the current page size.