*DEALLOCATE The format of the DEALLOCATE command is .DEALLOCATE resource Resource represents the name of the resource to be DEALLOCATEd and must be one of the following: The physical or logical name of a device allocated for your job The name of a volume set allocated for your job DEALLOCATE causes the resource to be unavailable to your job until the resource is allocated to your job explicitly with the ALLOCATE command or implicitly with the MOUNT command. DEALLOCATE will DISMOUNT any resource which is currently mounted.