I got an answer back from IBM development today on it, and they're in
essence saying the same thing, albeit more generically. The answer I
got was
"Rex...According to development:
All data sets can potentially display SMS data now therefore the change.
Apart from the SMS data, information should be the same."
So, it's working as designed.
Rex
-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Mark Zelden
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 7:43 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
Subject: Re: z/OS 1.4 to 1.7 upgrade differences question
On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:15:18 -0500, Norbert Friemel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:22:35 -0500, Mark Zelden wrote:
>>
>>Assuming it is not intentional for some reason (panel ISRUAIP still
>>exists in hlq.SISPPENU) they should if the customer pushes for it.
z/OS 1.7 doesn't
>>hit EOS (end of service) until September 2008. But there could be a
reason
>>that IBM decided they always should use panel ISRUAIES. I just can't
>>imagine what that reason could be.
>>
>
>The reason is probably support for large format data sets in z/OS 1.7.
>DSNTYPE ("LARGE" or blank) appears only on panel ISRUAIES. Panel
>ISRUAIP is still used for PDS.
>
Good catch. That is exactly the reason.
Mark
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