I seem to recall a recent enhancement to z/FTP dynamic allocation that reports contention and retries some number of times at user-defined intervals. TSO ALLOC and IDCAMS might take that as an example for future development.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 3:58 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Dataset enqueue, how to find the culprit. On 2015-09-23 11:54, Dave Barry wrote: > The problem is that the SVC99 dynamic allocation is unconditional. If the > resource is already owned, the subsequent allocation request fails. ... > Not if the requesting program is entitled to use S99WTDSN. > Static allocation is an option because allocation services causes the job to > wait (indefinitely) for enqueued datasets named in your JCL. > True. > This is a perennial issue that begs to be resolved. > At least RACF should prevent a program's obtaining an ENQ when it has no authority to access the associated resource. I know; two different countries, and the gulf between them is narrow but deep. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
