The first message I sent omitted the SHOW parameter on the STORE statement.
 
The question was asked :
 
>Has anyone written anything or know of anything that can calculate the
>number of sectors required by the filesets included in an indirect
>file for a STORE.
 
Stan Sieler writes:
 
>This question has a variety of partial answers/comments:
> 1) no
> 2) yes, try doing:
>       :file null = $null
>       :STORE <your complete fileset/indirect/whatever>; *NULL; SHOW
>     capture the output of the STORE, add up the "sectors" column, and
>     presto...your answer.
 
but the following error was received.
 
> DEVICE FILE "NULL" HAS A INVALID RECORD SIZE OF  BYTES (MINIMUM
> SIZE IS 8192 BYTES, MAX IS 16384 IN MULTIPLES OF 2048 BYTES)
> DEFAULT OF 16384 BYTES WILL BE USED  (S/R 2225)
> DEVICE FILE "NULL" REFERENCES STORAGE MEDIA THAT CANNOT
> BE USED BY STORE/RESTORE.  ONLY 1/2 INCH TAPE, DIGITAL DATA
> STORAGE (DDS) DEVICE AND MAGNETO-OPTICAL MEDIA IS SUPPORTED
> IN NATIVE MODE  (S/R 2215)
 
 
If you are on Release B.40.00 try adding the TRANSPORT option to your STORE
statement.
 
:FILE NULL=$NULL
:STORE <your complete fileset/indirect/whatever>; *NULL;TRANSPORT;SHOW
 
Although, using the TRANSPORT option you are limited to one indirect file per
store command and one exclude parameter per fileset.  This limitation
is the same that was enforced on MPE/V.
 
If you are on Release C.50.00 the TRANSPORT option is not required.
 
Hope this helps.
 
 
Bob Ledendecker
Hewlett-Packard