Ed, I have no experience with DMS, but I did the same thing, and more, very successfully with ACC/SRS from DTS.
I'd guess that DMS is still around, probably with a new name and a "CA-" prefix :-) Ron > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of > Ed Gould > Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 7:58 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Do we need to implement HSM > > DMS stood for dasd management system vendor was sterling software. > > One of the items that it did was an option to change the allocation from > cylinder to tracks. So instead of a cyl the dataset was reduced to say 1 > track. Ther was also an option to go from 1 track to 1 cyl. The package was > quite versatile. I just got off the phone with a person who had a lot to say > about the product and he told me that the product is no longer available. > Supposedly the author works for CA now days. > > I liked the product but found it let's say a little bit to versitile, By > that I meant it allowed to many excetions and it ran on exceptions rue which > allowed for a nightmare in bookkeeping. > > Ed > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
