"Bruce McKnight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Greetings all! > > Does anyone know why this happens? > > Job A opens a dataset with DISP=OLD. Job B submitted after Job A also > tries to open the same dataset with DISP=OLD. Sometimes Job B just > sits and waits for Job A to finish. Other times Job B abends (don't > know the abend code). > > This seems to be a new behavior with our z/OS 1.4 upgrade. On OS/390 > 2.9, Job B would just sit and wait. > > Thanks in advance, > Bruce >
The abend code is crucial in order to say anything meaningful about the situation. Waiting looks normal, the other situation needs more information. Is the dataset a GDG (member)? Kees. ********************************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
