Esmie, Is there a chance that you have more of the BMC SRM suite, and the volume is being changed by "BMC MainView SRM Allocation" software, and not Stop-X37?
Ron > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of > esmie moo > Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 10:55 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] QUESTION ABOUT STOPX-37 - MAINVIEW SRM > > Lizette, > > I checked there were no IGD messages. I did a double check, none of the > volumes in that group are SMS or CA-ALLOCATE managed. > > --- On Thu, 6/24/10, Lizette Koehler <stars...@mindspring.com> wrote: > > > From: Lizette Koehler <stars...@mindspring.com> > Subject: Re: QUESTION ABOUT STOPX-37 - MAINVIEW SRM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Received: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 5:53 AM > > > Is DFSMS doing this? Do you use an ACS code that might change the location of > the volume? Look for IGD messages in the job messages section after the JCL. > > Lizette > > > > > > > >Mike, > > > >Thanks for clearing this up. I looked at the job which created the dsns but > there was no SVM* messages displayed. I ran a test and when I increased the > size from 1 cyl to 5000, the SVM messages were displayed. My question is what > rule is bypassing the allocation. I verified my jcl and I do not have any > parms to bypass the volser. > > > >--- On Thu, 6/24/10, Spencer, Mike <mike_spen...@bmc.com> wrote: > > > > > >From: Spencer, Mike <mike_spen...@bmc.com> > >Subject: Re: QUESTION ABOUT STOPX-37 - MAINVIEW SRM > >To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > >Received: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 5:11 AM > > > > > >StopX37 is NOT CA-Allocate. Two different vendors. Please post facts, not > postulates. > > > >You can bypass StopX37 routines by coding a DD DUMMY statement in the users > job to determine the outcome of the allocation without StopX37/II being > involved. > >Unless you have changed the value in the StopX37/II Global Member, the > statement to code would be //PROIGN DD DUMMY. The //NOPLD DD DUMMY is a > holdover from the original StopX37 and POOLDASD products back in the Empact > Software days. Folks still use it by changing the Global Member parameter of > IGNOREDD=PROIGN to IGNOREDD=NOPLD. > > > >In addition, unless messaging is turned off or the message prefix has been > changed by the user, the joblog should display a message prefix of SVM* > whenever StopX37 is invoked to take an action. > > > >Mike Spencer > >BMC Software > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf > Of Mark Steely > >Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 12:34 PM > >To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > >Subject: Re: QUESTION ABOUT STOPX-37 - MAINVIEW SRM > > > >Stop X37 is now CA-Allocate which controls allocation of files. Look at the > started task under SDSF and look for this message: CA Allocate ASR ROUTINE > IS..... This will display the library with all the routines that are getting > executed. The answer should be there. > > > >Thank You > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf > Of esmie moo > >Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 11:22 AM > >To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > >Subject: QUESTION ABOUT STOPX-37 - MAINVIEW SRM > > > >Good Morning Gentle Readers, > > > >I am trying to trouble shoot a problem which may be related to StopX37. The > user is creating a VSAM file and is specifying the VOLSER. For some reason > the dsn is being allocated on another volume. The environment does NOT have > SMS or CA-ALLOCATE or any other software except for StopX37 which raises my > suspicion. If somebody is familiar with StopX37 could you point me to look at > the specific parm in the StopX37 Parmlib. > > > >Thanks in advance. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
