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The PROTSYM File

The PROTSYM file is a VSAM relative record data set (RRDS) with an upper limit of approximately four million 2 KB data records and capable of storing symbolic information for up to 147,000 application programs at one time.

The PROTSYM file is defined by IDCAMS and must be initialized by program IN25UTIL before you can add symbolic information.

Member CAVHPROT in CAI.CAVHJCL contains sample JCL that you can use to allocate and initialize a PROTSYM file.

Note: The PROTSYM file cannot reside in the LSR pool.