what is the default region size if I dont specify region
parametre in my job card ( I know that if I specify
region=0k or 0M, then the job will occupy all he available
resources at the time of job execution), but I want to know
the defult value for "region" paramatre.

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what is the default region size if I dont specify region parametre in my job card ( I know that if..

Answer / yvrreddy

If no REGION parameter is specified, the system uses the
REGION parameter specified on each EXEC statement.

If no EXEC statement REGION parameter is specified, the
system uses a job step installation default specified at
JES initialization.

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what is the default region size if I dont specify region parametre in my job card ( I know that if..

Answer / arunudhay

it is 4096k or it takes the space which we specify during
the installation of JES.

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what is the default region size if I dont specify region parametre in my job card ( I know that if..

Answer / ashish puri

If the region size specified in the JCL is zero, the region
will be limited by the size of the private area.

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what is the default region size if I dont specify region parametre in my job card ( I know that if..

Answer / muthu

the default value for region is 4MB
source:https://www.cusys.edu/pubs/region2.html

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what is the default region size if I dont specify region parametre in my job card ( I know that if..

Answer / nihar ranjan patra

0k or 0m

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