Allocate DASD Space and Placement by Broadcom is a software solution designed to optimize z/OS storage resources through automated allocation control. It intercepts storage allocation requests and redirects them based on user-defined rules, ensuring efficient use of DASD and tape storage. Key benefits include: 

• Prevention of application failures by resolving X-37 allocation errors.
• Optimized storage resource allocation through automated standards that direct data sets to appropriate storage groups.
• Improved system throughput by intercepting secondary allocation ABENDs and adding volumes to continue processing.
• Enhanced security through interfaces with security systems for user and group ID verification. Allocate offers functionalities like:
• Dynamic storage management to automatically substitute allocation values based on user-defined rules. 
• Allocation policy enforcement to prevent space-related allocation failures and enable dynamic modification of storage management criteria. 
• Improved system throughput and efficiencies by intercepting allocation ABENDs and managing allocation quotas.

Features

• Does It Fit (DIF) Support
• Service Desk Integration
• Security Interfaces