On Wed, 7 Jun 2006 01:32:35 +1000, John Dawes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I was told that it is prudent to code the ALLDATA(*) when I am doing >a selective DFDSSbackup. I don't share that opinion. Am I right? > It's prudent to code it if you need it. Did you read the description? In my experience it was only needed for SYS1.DUMPxx datasets (but I'm sure there are others). My ROT is to use it for "system packs" and backups, but not for applications. Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] z/OS and OS390 expert at http://searchDataCenter.com/ateExperts/ Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html