On 2 Apr 2007 07:19:16 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pommier, Rex R.) wrote: >All true, except when the software vendor is keeping track internally of >GDG numbers and names, and is dynamically generating the JCL to create >these datasets. We were told by the vendor that it is 1 dataset per >tape due to their dynamic JCL generation and it won't be changing. Yes, >I'd LOVE to dump this vendor, but unfortunately they're the only player >in the field. You probably can still get around this with a JES exit or a program that receives the generated job stream. I suspect that many of us on this list (probably including you) could come up with a way to bring the vendor's method into conformance with your shop's direction without compromising vendor support. > >Rex > >-----Original Message----- >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of Robert A. Rosenberg >Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 11:18 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: 3490 off maintenance June 30 2007 > >At 14:47 -0500 on 03/30/2007, Pommier, Rex R. wrote about Re: 3490 off >maintenance June 30 2007: > >> And, before somebody tells me to just append the logs to a larger >>capacity tape, I can't. We have a purchased package that requires each > >>of the log files to be in a separate dataset for nightly processing. > >Which does not preclude stacking them up onto the same tape by just >upping the File-Sequence-Number for each backup. So long as the files >are cataloged, the tape will spin to the correct dataset when opened for >input to your program. It is not that hard to write a program that will >keep track of the last FileSeq used and do an update to the JFCB (or do >the catalog) before using it for the open (or open the newly cataloged >Dataset as DISP=MOD in the next step). >
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