You caught and corrected my typo - thank you
Lionel B. Dyck <>< Github: https://github.com/lbdyck System Z Enthusiasts Discord: https://discord.gg/sze “Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you are, reputation merely what others think you are.” - - - John Wooden -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Kirk Wolf Sent: Friday, July 31, 2026 12:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: I want to keep multiple PDS's in sync Hi Lionel! I think you have a typo on the github URL. I found it here: https://github.com/lbdyck/ftpb Reads like just what he asked for, and keeps him away from pesky Unix files and version control :-) Kirk Wolf Dovetailed Technologies https://coztoolkit.com On Fri, Jul 31, 2026, at 10:03 AM, Lionel B. Dyck wrote: > Take a look at my FTPBatch ISPF dialog - it can be found at www.cbttape.org > in file 312 or at github.com/lbdyck/ftpbatch - it has the ability to do what > you are looking for. > > Hope this helps > > > Lionel B. Dyck <>< > Github: https://github.com/lbdyck > System Z Enthusiasts Discord: https://discord.gg/sze > > “Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you > are, reputation merely what others think you are.” - - - John Wooden > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of listserv.ua.edu > Sent: Friday, July 31, 2026 8:20 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: I want to keep multiple PDS's in sync > > I have multiple SYSPlexes in different data centers, none of which share DASD > (some data centers have multiple SYSPlexes). All LPARs currently run zOS 3.1 > which is fairly up to date regarding maintenance. > > I have a common PDS (PDS-E actually) which is a commonly named PDS. > Let's call it AA.BB.CC . All updates to any member of AA.BB.CC should > be via a TSO user via ISPF edit. Thinking about it, I'd also like to > sync members without the ISPF timestamp, although if this occurred, > not replace like members if they didn't have the ISPF timestamp, since > there's no way to know which one is newest, > > The rule is, I have one LPAR where all of the updates should take place, > although I don't want to depend on that. So all the updates should be made on > LPAR A. But if someone did update a member on LPAR B in a different SYSSPlex, > all of the PDS's would get that update as well. > > Is there something in zOS FTP, or potentially a product (IBM or vendor), > which will allow me to "sync" the members? So that no matter which LPAR an > update to a member happened, all the datasets would get the newest member? > > This wouldn't have to be simultaneous ... I can run scheduled batch on one or > potentially all of the involved LPARS on all of the SYSPlexes on off hours. > So if the "sync" occurred once at night, that would be sufficient. And all of > the SYSPlexes are accessible to each other via TCP/IP. > > And yes, I could use RACF to lock out updating the dataset on LPARs wher it > shouldn't be updated, although I'd rather not do that. > > Does anybody else do this or have tackled this before? I'm trying not to > re-invent the wheel here. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
